No one should come to school for practicing their religion, says Karnataka Home Minister
India Today
Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said on Thursday that no one should come to school to practise their religion.
Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Thursday said children should neither wear hijab nor saffron shawls at schools and he has asked the police to keep watch on religious organisations that are trying to undermine the country’s unity in this regard.
Speaking to reporters here, he said no one should come to school for practicing their religion, as it is a place where all students should learn together with a feeling of oneness.
The remarks come amid a row over wearing ‘hijab’ (headscarf) by some students at a government pre-university college at Udupi.
In another incident, Muslim girl students of the Kundapur PU college, who reached the institution today wearing the hijab, were stopped at the gate by the principal. They were informed that they are not allowed to wear the headscarf inside the classrooms and asked to remove it before entering.
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Yesterday, around 100 Hindu students came to classes wearing saffron shawls as a counter to the girls wearing hijabs.
“Schools are the place where children belonging to all religions should learn together and imbibe a feeling that we are not different, and all are children of Bharat Mata,” Jnanendra said in response to a question.
