Mangaluru: Muslim female students, who tried to enter the Government Pre-Universities in Kundapur in Udupi District Karnataka wearing a headscarf (headscarf), once again rejected entered place by the authorities on Friday, since the problem appeared in the institution.
The hijab students dressed, who came with their parents, pushed into the College compound gate even though there was a strict order given by the authorities wearing a headscarf, it would not be permitted in accordance with the status quo issued by the state government.
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When they entered the place, some Hindu students wearing a turmeric scarf began to roam around the place as a sign of protest.
The children were immediately asked to release scarves and attend classes on campus.
Given the tension, police personnel from Kundapur Station were present at the gate to send parents of the girls to quote instructions from the government.
But the girls kept living near the gate.
Meanwhile, a group of College PU Girls’ students in Udupi, where the Hijab Row first started last month, had approached the deputy commissioner additional to resolve this earliest problem to create a suitable environment for education.
In their appeal, the girls said the final exam approached and the teaching process in college was disrupted due to the presence of police and media.
The district government must take immediate action to solve the problem filed only by six students on campus, they say in appeal.
This problem began in early January at the Pre-University of the Government Girl (PU) in Udupi, where six students attended classes wearing headscarves would violate the code dressed in the classroom.
Universities have allowed headscarves on campus but not in classrooms.
Students who protested direction were not allowed in the classroom.
The girls continued their protest by sitting outside the classroom for about a month.
Udupi MLA and President of the College Development Committee K Raghupati Bhat held talks with parents of girls who protested, who also insisted that their children were allowed to wear a headscarf.
The school authority then categorically announced that the veil girls dressed could not be permitted in the classroom until an expert committee was formed by the state government to study this problem arising with its report.
The government also gives directions to school to maintain the status quo on the dress code in PU colleges.
One of the six students protested at Udupi College had transferred Karnataka High Court on January 31, seeking temporary help to attend classes wearing headscarves until the problem was resolved.
In his petition, students propose that wearing a headscarf is the fundamental rights guaranteed based on article 14 and 25 constitutions.
The High Court is expected to hear the case on February 8.
The incident was attended by the others at the College pre-university in Kundapur in the same district, with the authorities forbid 28 Muslim girl students from attending classes in college wearing a headscarf, quoting the direction of the government.
The girls then protested the command outside the class too.
The problem turned out worse when around 100 college students wearing a turmeric scarf on Wednesday protested so that girls wear headscarves in the classroom.
Kundapur MLA and the Development Committee of President Halady Srinivas Shetty, who rushed to campus, called their girls and parents meetings to discuss this issue.
When parents did not budge, the meeting failed to reach consensus.
However, the authorities attach to the position that the direction of the government will be followed.
The girls, who came to college on Thursday were stopped at the gate by college authorities.
The problem is still not resolved because parents insist on the right of their children to wear a headscarf.