Mangaluru, Feb 17: Uppinangady first-grade Government College in Dakshina Kannada district has declared an indefinite holiday for students after 10 Muslim girl students refuse to remove the Hijab while attending classes on Thursday.
More than 60 Muslim students of Dr G Shankar Government First Grade College, Udupi decided to return home again onThursday as college sticks to its stand of not allowing hijab inside classroom. The college had allowed hijab in the past.
‘My hijab, my pride’ — this is what some Muslim students of Dr G Shankar Government Women’s First Grade College, Udupi said as they walked out of the college for not allowing the hijab inside the classrooms.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Higher Education Minister Ashwath Narayana's had earlier clarified that High Court order does not apply to degree colleges. However, colleges are boycotting hijab-clad Muslim students.
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