The girl students allege that they were forced to remove the burqa at the college gate. (agent)
Moradabad, UP:
Some girl students of Hindu College in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad were denied admission in the college for wearing burqas despite the uniform code prescribed for students here.
The girl students allege that their college was not allowing them to enter the college premises wearing burqas and they were forced to remove them at the gate.
A scuffle broke out between the students, workers of the Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha and the professors of the college, who were adamant on the prescribed rules regarding the said matter. A video of the scene from Hindu College is going viral on the internet.
Meanwhile, college professor Dr AP Singh said that they have implemented a dress code for students here and anyone who refuses to follow it will be barred from entering the college premises.
On this the members of Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha submitted a memorandum to include burqa in the dress code of the college and allow girls to attend their classes wearing it.
In January 2022, a similar situation had arisen in Karnataka. A massive protest broke out after some girl students of Government Girls PU College in Udupi district alleged that they were stopped from attending classes. During the protest, some students claimed that they were denied admission in the college for wearing the hijab.
After this incident, students from different colleges arrived at Shanteshwar Education Trust in Vijayapura wearing saffron robes. Same is the situation in many colleges of Udupi district.
The Board of Pre-University Education had issued a circular stating that students can only wear uniforms approved by the school administration and no other religious practice will be allowed in the colleges.
The matter was then taken to the Karnataka High Court, which dismissed various petitions challenging the ban on hijab in educational institutions, saying that wearing the hijab is not an essential religious practice of Islam.
On October 13, the Supreme Court gave a split verdict in the matter.
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