Plot To Deny Education To Muslim Girls: Ex-K’taka CM On Hijab Ban

Mumbai: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said that the hijab ban was BJP’s conspiracy to prevent Muslim girls from getting an education.

Siddaramaiah said, “The code of uniform should have been prescribed at beginning of the session. Hijab ban in educational institutions in the month of January-February is deliberate and intentional. It’s a conspiracy of the BJP to prevent Muslim girls from getting an education. It is at the instance of RSS that the development committee is prescribing the dress code under the chairmanship of Raghupati Bhatt. What is the harm to other students if somebody wears in hijab or turban to class? If students wear Cross, what is the harm to other students?”

Speaking on the Hijab controversy, the Leader of the opposition further added, “The govt could have solved this (hijab row) problem. If students can wear a turban, why can’t students wear a hijab? Girls have been wearing it for a long time, there was no breach of peace then. Government is asking people to maintain peace is just drama.”

The Karnataka government’s latest circular comes after an interim order by the Karnataka High Court, which had refused to allow students to attend schools wearing hijabs or scarves, till the final decision. This order had triggered protests in Karnataka and other parts of the country.

Karnataka Police, on the other hand, registered cases against nine people in the Shivamogga district for violating Section 144 in organising the protests against the ruling of the High Court

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