No more soft approach to hijab protests, says Karnataka Home Minister

Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra has warned protesting students to strictly follow the recent High Court judgement failing which immediate action will be taken against themAs students from a particular community started protesting in many parts of Karnataka demanding their right to wear a hijab in spite of the interim order by the HC Jnanendra said We adopted a soft approach all these days it wont be there anymoreTill now there was consideration not to hurt students as they are sensitive and it was thought that they are protesting with provocation from outsiders Abiding by the court order and respecting constitution is the responsibility of citizens of this country If this is violated harsh action will be initiated immediately without any consideration he warnedEven as Muslim girl students came out on the streets demanding their right to wear a hijab the Home Minister said that no major untoward incidents were reported in the stateBarring incidents in two to three areas of the state District Commissioners local and college administrations have convinced the protesting students to attend their classes and overall there is a peaceful environment the Minister addedMuslim students of Empress college took out a protest march after being denied entry to classrooms for wearing a hijab and also raised slogans of Allah hu AkbarThe protesting students gathered before the District Commissioners office demanding their right to wear a hijab Chitradurga District Commissioner Vinoth Priya called the students and spoke to themSeveral Muslim girl students of Malnad college in Chikkamagalur entered the college with a hijab and raised slogans demanding that they should be allowed to attend classes As they entered the college premises boys from the same community extended supportIn Hubballi the Government Girls College for Arts and Commerce Principal joined hands with the local and college administrations in trying to pacify the parents and students However the Muslim girl students argued that they must be allowed to wear a hijab inside collegeLater the college authorities declared a holidayMuslim students came out on the streets raising the slogans of We want hijab and hijab is our rightTension prevailed at Anjuman Anglo College in Gadag as Muslim students refused to return home and staged a protest and raised slogans inside the college premisesStudents in Vijayapura district also protested near the Deputy Commissioners office demanding that hijab be allowedKarnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday appealed to the students to follow the court order and urged the local and college administrations to cooperate for allowing students to receive educationWith concern I request everyone We have to wait for the final court order with restraint Sort out the confusions Cordial environment must be created by resolving issues with the school college management and parents he saidThis 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