In the Government PU College in Uppinangady in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, 231 Muslim students refused to appear for preparatory exams on Friday after being asked to remove their hijab, reports Times of India.
According to the reports, the college administrators had asked the students to obey the recent Karnataka high court order that banned religious attire such as hijab or burqa in educational institutions and asked to remove the hijab before entering the college premises.
The deputy director of PU education also had issued clear instructions that whoever violates the high court order would not be allowed to appear for the exam.
However, the Hijab issue is now national and international news and the girls refused to remove their hijab which forced the college not to allow them to sit for the exam.
However, the situation got really tense when nearly 250 students, including Muslim men, began to protest, demanding permission for the girls to write the exam wearing the hijab.
It is also reported that some local Muslim leaders tried to convince the girls to remove the hijab and write exams, but many Muslim students left without appearing for the exam.
College principal Sudhir Kumar said, “As many as 231 second-year PU students, including boys, left without writing the Kannada exam.”
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