Hijab Row: The student hijab row in Karnataka colleges took an ugly turn on when a student in a burqa was heckled by a large group of slogan-shouting, saffron clad boys in a college in Mandya.
The video of a confrontation between a Muslim student and a saffron-wearing group has emerged from the Mandya pre-University college.
In the video, the young woman parks her scooter and heads to the college building when students wearing saffron scarves shout “Jai Shri Ram” and advance towards her.
The Muslim student shouts back: “Allah hu Akbar!”
She keeps shouting it as she walks to her classes, followed by the boys.
College officials are seen holding the boys back and escorting the student.
Speaking to India Today, the girl said: “I was going to the college when some people accosted me and said that I can enter the premises only after removing the burqa. They were not letting me in.”
Earlier, a video had surfaced that showed a boy at a college in Shimoga climbing up a pole and hoisting a saffron flag.
The student allegedly replaced the national flag with the saffron flag. The video goes on to show students cheering below as the flag is hoisted.
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This morning, protests outside the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) college in Udupi saw one group in the hijab and another wearing saffron scarves shouting slogans, with the police trying to keep the situation in control.
The High Court is hearing today petitions filed by five women from a government college in Udupi, questioning hijab restrictions.
The hijab protests began last month at the Government Girls PU college in Udupi when six students alleged that they had been barred from classes for insisting on wearing the headscarf. Right-wing groups in Udupi and Chikkamagaluru objected to Muslim girls wearing the hijab to class.