Karnataka hijab ban: Petitioner girl blames college authorities of 'sowing' hatred

Three girl students from Udupi Girls PreUniversity College who have moved to the High Court to seek consent for attending classes with hijab were denied entry to sit for practical examinations while wearing hijabLater one of the students released a video slamming the college authorities for sowing the seeds of hatred against the hijab The video has gone viral on social mediaAlamas AH Hazra Shifa and Bibi Ayesha the three petitioners among the six college students who are studying in science stream were denied entry on MondayExpressing their displeasure over social media platforms one of the students put out a video in Kannada and Urdu languages alleging that they were ruthlessly asked to get out from the college premises by the Principal of the college and were warned of slapping cases against themThe three students had come to the classroom with hijab to appear for a practical examination on Monday The Principal of the college Rudre Gowda asked them to take exams without hijab and when they refused to take off their hijab asked them to leave the placeThe students had also made representations to the PreUniversity education department requesting to postpone the practical examinationsAlmas one of the students stated Today was our final practical exam We had completed our record books and went in great hopes to attend the practical exam It was so disheartening when our principal threatened us saying you have 5 minutes to leave if you dont leave I will file a police complaintRight now we should have been in our labs attending the practicals not compelled to leave The hopes I had from my college and my dreams are getting shattered due to the hatred sowed against hijab she said However the Principal Rudre Gowda has denied the allegationsThe education department has made it clear that about 80000 Muslim girl students are studying in PreUniversity Colleges in the state and only a handful of them are objecting to attend classes without hijab The state government has stated that they suspect the role of an organisation behind these students and the police department is probing the matterMeanwhile the larger bench of the High Court constituted to look into the issue of hijab has heard the matter and posted the matter for judgmentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever