Hijab row: Students in Kolkata stage protest, raise slogans

The students of Aliah University in Kolkata raised placards, chanted slogans and took the pro-hijab protest to the streets.

Extending support to the Muslim girl students in Karnataka amid the Hijab row, students staged a protest in West Bengal’s Kolkata on Wednesday.

Hundreds of Muslim students raised placards and chanted slogans in protest of a hijab ban in Karnataka. The students of Aliah University took the pro-hijab protest to the streets of Kolkata.

Meanwhile, the Karnataka High Court referred the hijab matter to a larger bench while the government imposed prohibitory orders in Bengaluru to prevent further protests for and against hijab in colleges.

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