Fifty-eight students have been suspended from Chiralakoppa Government College for continuing to protest over the ‘hijab’ issue. Meanwhile, the incident has caused a stir as Minister Nagas has ordered not to stop students from coming to Tilak.
Bangalore: Fifty-eight students of Chiralakoppa Government College have been suspended for continuing to protest over the ‘hijab’ issue. Meanwhile, the incident has caused a stir as Minister Nagas has ordered not to stop students from coming to Tilak.
Continuing struggle
The issue of hijab is taking shape in Kannada. Muslim students coming to school and college wearing hijab are being denied admission. Thus Muslim students continue to struggle in front of school and college after skipping class.
Similarly, the government P.U. Fifty-eight Muslim students in the college have been protesting since they were denied permission to wear the hijab.
Chief talks
College Principal Somasekar held talks with the students in this regard. He emphasized that the decision was not a signal of a formal antitrust inquiry into the allegations, but rather a signal of a formal antitrust inquiry into the allegations. He said he had to take off his hijab and go to the classroom.
But the students, who refused to remove the hijab, said they would not return to the college until the final verdict of the tribunal and returned home from there.
58 students suspended
Somasekar, the principal of the college, consulted with the college professors and administrators on the matter. Following this, the Chief Minister has taken action by suspending 58 Muslim students from the college who are continuing their struggle.
He said that the studies of other students have been disturbed by the students who are continuing their struggle over the hijab issue. He said the action was taken as the students continued to struggle in defiance of the iCourt verdict.
Minister warns
State School Education Minister PC Nages has warned that the school should not stop students from infusing saffron into schools and colleges and if they do so, the headmaster and college principals will be severely punished.
He said this in an interview to reporters in Bangalore yesterday: –
Comparing …
The Karnataka High Court has imposed an interim injunction on schools and colleges to wear religious symbols. This is something everyone should follow. It is our duty to follow the order of the tribunal. For that it is not right to resist wearing saffron and bracelets. Wearing the hijab is a symbol of one religion. Bracelet, saffron is a decorative item.
It is not acceptable to compare hijab and saffron. It also came to my notice that in some schools and colleges in the state, teachers had detained students who had brought saffron. Incidents like this are unacceptable.
Heavy action
Students should not be prevented from bringing saffron to school and colleges. Violations will result in stern action being taken against the teachers, principals and head teachers concerned. Education officials have also been ordered in this regard.
Authorities will take action against teachers who prevent students from consuming saffron. Since the hijab is a symbol of a religion, we say do not wear it.
At the same time no order was issued to come to school and college with decorative items including bangles and saffron. It is the choice of the student.
Thus said P.C.Nokes.
Excitement
The minister’s order has caused a stir as students, who have been protesting for permission to wear the hijab, have been chanting slogans for the past few days to ban the use of saffron and water.