Karnataka Chief Minister Bommai orders closure of all high schools and colleges for next three days amidst hijab row. All concerned are requested to cooperate, Bommai said.
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Karnataka Chief Minister Bommai orders closure of all high schools and colleges for the next three days amidst hijab row. All concerned people are requested to cooperate, Bommai said.
Karnataka hijab showdown: All schools & colleges shut for next 3 days; CM Basavaraj Bommai appeals to students to maintain peace. Activist Suraiya Anjum shares her views on the whole controversy. ,@snehamordani, pic.twitter.com/OgLchYu0Ju
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On February 8, students wearing saffron scarves raised slogans against Muslim girls donning the hijab at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College (MGM) in Udupi district. The students wearing saffron scarves confronted the Muslim students raising ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans. The school authorities intervened to keep both groups of students away from each other.
I appeal to all the students, teachers and management of schools and colleges as well as people of karnataka to maintain peace and harmony. I have ordered closure of all high schools and colleges for next three days. All concerned are requested to cooperate.
— Basavaraj S Bommai (@BSBommai) February 8, 2022
A video has also emerged that shows a mob chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ accosting a girl outside a college. The girl, in turn, responds with ‘Allah-hu-Akbar’.
The Karnataka High Court has started its hearing on the hijab row in the state even as a protest erupted between students wearing hijab and saffron shawls outside a college campus.
READ | Karnataka hijab row: Keep emotions away, will go by constitution, says HC judge
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