The issue of a Muslim student in Karnataka wearing a 'Hijab' to college has different dimensions, and the youngsters are standing for protest. Two colleges announced a holiday yesterday in the wake of the tense situation. Students wearing saffron shawls are protesting today at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College in Udupi, Karnataka.
Students across the state are currently protesting against the ban on students wearing burqas at a private school in Kundap Pura, Udupi district. Hindu students, especially against Muslim students in the Kundapura area, have started wearing saffron strips to college.
Earlier yesterday, the Kundapura government had issued a notice to P.U college. Muslim students who came to the college wearing burqas. The college principal, who stopped them, ordered them to come to college in government uniform. Those students spoke against saying that they cannot remove the Hijab, as they are waiting for the court verdict.