Karnataka's Hijab Row Sets Off Ripples In Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry
NDTV
Supporting the ban on Hijab, Madhya Pradesh School Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar said the government will give priority to discipline.
The controversy over the wearing of hijab (headscarves) by students crossed the state borders of Karnataka and surfaced in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh and Puducherry today. As the Karnataka High Court – in response to an appeal by five women students in favour of headscarves, appealed for peace -- a minister in Madhya Pradesh ruled in favour of "discipline" and an "uniform dress code". In Puducherry, the authorities have asked the head of a government school in Ariyankuppam to inquire into allegations of a teacher objecting to headscarves in class.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai has ordered closure of all schools and colleges in the state for the next three days amid statewide row over wearing hijab by students. The controversy had started last month after students at a college in Udupi said they were barred from classes for insisting on wearing headscarves.
Right-wing groups took up the issue and raised objection to Muslim girls wearing hijab in class.
Supporting the ban on Hijab, Madhya Pradesh School Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar said the government will give priority to discipline.
