INDIA: 58 STUDENTS SUSPENDED FROM COLLEGE IN KARNATAKA FOR WEARING HIJAB, HOLDING PROTEST

Sat 19 February 2022:

As many as 58 students at Shiralakoppa in Shivamogga district who had refused to remove their hijab and staged a demonstration against the government pre-university college administration were suspended, reported PTI. They were suspended on Friday and were told that they should not come to the college, a student told reporters. On Saturday too, they came to the college, raised slogans and demanded their right to wear hijab. However, they were not let in.

Girl students in many parts of Karnataka were denied entry into their respective educational institutions on Saturday as they arrived in hijabs, despite a court order, as the issue showed no signs of abating after its flare-up about a fortnight ago that prompted the government to close down colleges and institutions for a couple of days.

Protests continued in several parts of Karnataka with a section of girl students remaining steadfast on wearing headscarves to educational institutions on Saturday.

English lecturer resigns after college asks her not to wear hijab

Chandini who was working as English lecturer for three years at Jain PU College in Tumakuru in Karnataka resigned after the colleges asked her to take classes without wearing head scarf. Speaking to Indian Express she said, “On Wednesday I was asked to not wear any religious attire and conduct class. I was not comfortable with it and hence I resigned”.

In her resignation letter, Chandini wrote, “Right to religion is a constitutional right which no one should be denied.”https://t.co/ViA7m9WfVb pic.twitter.com/sW73VQa2n2

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Congress leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that Sangh Parivar was responsible for creating unnecessary controversy over the subject of wearing of hijab in educational institutions. At a press meet, accompanied by Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar, Siddaramaiah said that wearing hijab was a personal choice of Muslim women.

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