India: 58 students suspended for wearing Hijab

By Muhammad JuniadPublished On 05 Jan 2023

Bengaluru: At least 58 female students from a college have been suspended on Saturday for wearing hijab and also staging a protest demanding that they should be allowed to attend classes in Government Pre-University College of Shiralakoppa. 

According to the college principal, the development committee tried to explain the interim order of the High Court, to students and they did not listen and pressed for wearing of the hijab.  

Hence, they were suspended from the college temporarily.

The enraged students got into arguments with college authorities, leading to an intervention by the police to disperse them.

Tension also prevailed in Belagavi, Yadgir, Bellary, Chitradurga, and Shiamogga districts when students wearing hijab demanded entry into the classrooms. 

As per authorities, if someone says constitution and court can be ignored, they will not be spared. 

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that he would get all the details regarding the hijab row.

Education Minister B.C. Nagesh has said that Muslim community leaders are with the interim order issued by the court. 

“We will continue to explain to people about the interim order regarding hijab row and most of them are following the order. There is propaganda which is trying to put religion over education,” he said.