In Karnataka Hijab Row, Hindu Group Spotted Handing Out Saffron Scarves
NDTV
The controversy erupted in December after six students at a college in Karnataka's Udupi alleged they were stopped from attending classes for wearing the hijab
Amid spiraling protests by Karnataka college students over their right to wear a hijab during classes, members of a state-based right-wing group have been caught on camera asking some students of a college in Udupi district to sneak saffron scarves into the college as a form of counter-protest.
NDTV confronted a member of the Hindu Jagrana Vedike after he was spotted persuading students of the SV College in Kundapur taluk to carry the saffron scarves in their bags; this was after Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said students should not wear hijabs or saffron scarves when in class.
When questioned, Naveen Gangolli, the group's Taluk Secretary, played down the incident and said "this is Bharat... students must follow Hindu culture".
The conversation with the Hindu Jagrana Vedike members:
