The hijab controversy has resurfaced at another college in Dakshina Kannada’s coastal district, forcing authorities to suspend six students for wearing headscarves despite repeated warnings. The Government First Grade College in Uppinangady on Wednesday suspended six students for a week after the principal held a meeting with the faculty members in this regard.
The six students who have been suspended were reportedly wearing hijab in the class room, despite repeated attempts by the college authorities to inform them that their conduct violated the orders of the state government and the high court. Is. Following the suspension, as more students came to the college on Thursday (today) wearing hijabs, another section of students wore saffron shawls in protest, demanding that they should not be allowed to enter classes, prompting the police to intervene. fell.
Sources said the authorities did not allow students wearing hijab and saffron shawls to attend classes. Couples of journalists were allegedly illegally gunned down to cover the hijab controversy, their cameras were snatched and footage was removed by some “misleaders”, officials said.
After the incident, the local journalist association has demanded action against the miscreants and submitted a memorandum to the District Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police in this regard. Meanwhile, the hijab issue at the University College in Mangaluru, which surfaced last week, continued as around 15 girl students came to college wearing headscarves, and were not allowed to enter classes.
Attempts made by the principal and officials to attend classes without a head scarf failed. A group of students protested at the University College campus in Mangaluru last week, alleging that some Muslim girl students were attending classes wearing headscarves.
The Karnataka High Court had on March 15 dismissed petitions filed by a group of Muslim students, seeking permission to wear the hijab inside classrooms. A three-judge court bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice JM Khaji further observed that the fixation of school uniform is only a reasonable restriction, constitutionally permissible, to which students cannot object. .
Pre-University Department after the order of the High Court education The uniform prescribed by the College Development Committee has been made mandatory for Pre-University (PU) students from the academic year 2022-23. It also states that if no uniform is prescribed by the college development committee or management, the students should wear such a garment which “maintains equality and unity, and which does not disturb public order”.
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