Although the college management, development committee tried to explain to the hijab-clad students the interim order of the High Court, they did not listen and pressed for wearing of hijab, according to the principal. Hence, they were suspended from the college temporarily.
The hijab row which started last month in Udupi Pre-University College by six girl students has snowballed into a major controversy in the country.
The Principal of Empress College of Tumakuru lodged a complaint with Tumakuru City Police against 15 to 20 students for violating prohibitory orders in the last 2-days.
The directives come 2-days after a group of students wearing saffron scarves held a protest in the campus, demanding ban of 'hijab' in the college premises.
The order comes amid simmering tension in the schools and colleges over minority girls with Burqa and Hijab being denied entry in the schools and colleges, following last week's High Court order.
Any violation of the above-mentioned order shall be liable for prosecution under the provisions of Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The students said they will not attend physical classes till the High Court takes a decision on the issue.
The row over Hijab started when a few students of a government pre-university college in Udupi, attending classes in headscarves, were asked to leave the campus. The matter then spread to different parts of the state, with other community students responding by wearing saffron scarves.
BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Thakur also said that there was no need to wear hijabs anywhere.
Citing a survey, petitioner girls' counsel Ravi Varma Kumar said people of the country sport various religious symbols such as pendant, crucifixion, Hijab, Burqa, bangles, Bindi on the forehead and the turban.
The ruling BJP had on Tuesday tweeted that five of the students involved in the Hijab case are minor and sought to blame Congress for the controversy. The tweet revealed personal details like the names and addresses of the girls.
The hijab row which started last month in Udupi Pre-University College by six girl students has snowballed into a major controversy in the country.
The hijab row which started last month in Udupi Pre-University College by six girl students has snowballed into a major controversy in the country.
The Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday expressed confidence that peace and normalcy will prevail. He had also said that a decision regarding reopening of Pre-University and Degree colleges will be taken after assessing the situation.
The Hijab row started in December end when a few students started coming to a government pre-university college in Udupi wearing Hijab. To protest against it, some Hindu students turned up wearing saffron scarves.
The move comes as part of a precautionary measure as the schools are reopening on Monday after the holiday declared by state govt in view of hijab-saffron shawl controversy.
The Hijab protests began on Feb 4 at Govt Girls PU college in Karnataka's Udupi district when some students alleged that they had been barred from attending classes wearing hijab.
Owaisi accused the BJP government of not allowing Muslim girls to wear a hijab and also shared a video clip on Twitter.
The high court, in an interim order, meanwhile, asked the state government to reopen educational institutions and restrained students from wearing saffron shawls, scarves, hijab and any religious flag within the classroom in institutions which have prescribed a student dress code or uniform.
CJI NV Ramanna said, “we are watching what is happening. You also should think whether it is proper to bring these things at the national level. We are constitutionally bound and will protect if there is violation of fundamental or constitutional rights, not just of one but every community. We will intervene at the appropriate time.”
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