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Karnataka Hijab Row

Image Credit: Facebook/Rahul Gandhi

'Ma Saraswati doesn't differentiate': Rahul Gandhi on Karnataka hijab row

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Feb 05, 2022, at 08:15 pm

#Karnataka #Hijab #Congress #RahulGandhi #BJP #MaSaraswati

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alluded to goddess Saraswati to indirectly attack the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka over a new college diktat not allowing hijab in classrooms.

Gandhi tweeted, "By letting students’ hijab come in the way of their education, we are robbing the future of the daughters of India. Ma Saraswati gives knowledge to all. She doesn’t differentiate."

By letting students’ hijab come in the way of their education, we are robbing the future of the daughters of India.

Ma Saraswati gives knowledge to all. She doesn’t differentiate. #SaraswatiPuja
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 5, 2022

Hitting back at the Congress leader, the Karnataka BJP has put up a tweet that reads, "By communalising education, CONgress co-owner @RahulGandhi has once again proved that he is dangerous to the future of India. If Hijab is very much essential to get educated, why doesn't Rahul Gandhi make it mandatory in States ruled by CONgress?"

By communalising education, CONgress co-owner @RahulGandhi has once again proved that he is dangerous to the future of India.

If Hijab is very much essential to get educated, why doesn't Rahul Gandhi make it mandatory in States ruled by CONgress?#CommunalCONgress https://t.co/MnVoVSJKEm
— BJP Karnataka (@BJP4Karnataka) February 5, 2022

Gandhi's tweet comes after around 40 women students protested at the gate of Bhandarkars Arts and Science College at Kundapur in Karnataka's Udupi as they were refused entry into the educational institution unless they took off their headscarves.

"Girl students are permitted to wear the scarf inside the campus, however the colour of the scarf should match with the dupatta, and no student is allowed to wear any other cloth inside the campus including the college canteen," the college said in its instruction.

Defending his college's instruction, principal Narayan Shetty said he wanted to preserve harmony on campus.

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