Hijab controversy: Coastal belt calm, but mud-slinging continues
The Hindu
Various organisations made demands for and against wearing hijab and saffron shawls, in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi on February 9
With the government declaring a three-day holiday for high schools and colleges in Karnataka to ease the tense situation over the hijab controversy, the coastal belt remained calm on February 9.The tense situation on February 8 had forced three colleges in the belt, two in Udupi and one in Dakshina Kannada, to declare a holiday even before the government’s holiday announcement.
However, demands from organisations for and against wearing hijab and saffron shawls continued in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi on February 9.
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