Karnataka hijab row
Hijab row: Karnataka schools for classes 11-12 and colleges to reopen Wednesday
Bengaluru/IBNS: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai ordered that proper security arrangements should be made at campuses as schools and colleges will reopen this Wednesday after closure over the hijab row.
Bommai has promised the setting of SOPs (Standard Operating Procedure) on the use of hijab, while at the same time underscoring that "everyone must follow the High Court's direction" in the matter.
The Karnataka High Court is hearing petitions filed by five women from the government college in Udupi, questioning hijab restrictions. The court has also appealed for peace to the students amid intense protests.
The controversy started last month at the Government Girls PU College in Karnataka's Udupi when six students alleged that they were not allowed in the classes for insisting on wearing the headscarf.
At a meeting with Higher Education Minister Ashwath Narayan CN, Minority Welfare minister Shrimant Patil and Revenue Minister R Ashoka on Monday evening, the Chief Minister took a call to reopen PU colleges from Feb 16.
The Chief Minister also instructed the authorities to make arrangements for security when the colleges reopen.
Earlier in the day, Bommai announced the resumption of classes upto the 10th standard.
"This evening, I'll attend a meeting with our education minister. We will discuss what has happened and issue SOPs. Everyone must follow the High Court's direction," he added in a tweet.
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