Bengaluru: In a major relief for Muslim girl students, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Friday December 22, 2023 announced to revoke the ban on Hijab in schools and colleges.
Taking to social media site X, originally launched as Twitter, the Karnataka Chief Minister, wrote:
“I have told (officials) to withdraw the Hijab ban."
Blasting PM Modi’s claim of Sab ka sath sab ka vikas slogan a sham, the Karnataka CM also accused the BJP of dividing the society on the basis of race, religion, dress and caste.
Addressing an event earlier in Mysuru in the day, Siddaramaiah said:
"We will be withdrawing the ban on hijab, which was imposed by the previous BJP government. An official order will come soon regarding it."
The Chief Minister’s announcement came about two years after the erstwhile BJP government in the state banned Muslim girl students from wearing Hijab and headscarf in classrooms.
The decision led to hundreds of Muslim girl students abandoning classes and also failing to appear in board and other annual exams.
Ignoring the fervent pleas by students and protests by their parents, the BJP in February last year imposed ban on Hijab and headscarf in schools and colleges, barely few weeks before the board exams.
The government also asked officials, and schools and colleges administration to disallow students from appearing in exams if they were wearing Hijab or headscarf.
The BJP government’s decision was challenged by the students in the Karnataka High Court. They students failing to get any relief from the High Court filed an appeal in the Supreme Court of India. The students did not get any relief there also.
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