Bengaluru: Interior Minister Karnataka Araga Jnanendra on Wednesday said the overall situation in the country was peaceful, except for several incidents reported from the alleged rejection of entry into female students with hijab and burqa.
Schools throughout the state have been reopened until grade 10 in the middle of the hijab line.
“The overall peaceful situation.
Some incidents were reported (about alleged rejection of entry for female students to school with headscarves and burqa).
Everywhere students wear headscarves to the place and release them when entering the campus,” said Minister Home.
He added the state government to follow the temporary commandments passed by the High Court.
“If anyone violates the order, the action will be taken according to the law,” he said.
Meanwhile, training orders under Section 144 have been applied in the basics of pre-university and college colleges in the Udupi district.
Allegedly, some students were asked to sit in a separate room because they refused to appear for the exam without wearing a hijab in the city of Shivogga and Udupi.
Some Karnataka Public School students in Nellihudikeri in the Kodagu district protested against the prohibition of headscarves.
Parents who stood outside the school told that the school government also asked students to appear for the exam without a headscarf.
The hijab protest in Karnataka began in January this year when several students of the PU College government girl in the Udupi Regency district accused that they had been banned from attending classes.
During protests, some students claimed they were refused to enter the campus because they were wearing a headscarf.
Following this incident, students from various colleges arrived at Shanteshwar Education Trust at Vijayapura wearing a turmeric pool.
The situation is the same in several universities in the Udupi district.
The pre-university education council has released a circle stating that students can only wear uniforms approved by school administration and no other religious practices that will be permitted in universities.
Meanwhile, the Karnataka High Court also begged the students of the students and the wider community to maintain peace and tranquility while hearing various requests challenging the prohibition of headscarves in the state.
Senior Advocate Devadatt Kamat, appeared for the Petitioner, on Monday, told the Karnataka High Court who handed it to the college committee to decide whether the hijab was allowed or not entirely illegal.
(With input from Ani)