Amid the ongoing Hijab row in Karnataka, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sadhvi Pragya on Wednesday said that the people who are not safe in their houses need to wear hijab adding that they are not required to wear it at the educational institutions.
Senior Advocate Ravivarma Kumar, appearing for the petitioners challenging the ban on hijab, submitted before Karnataka High Court on Wednesday that discrimination against Muslim girls is purely based on religion.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has played down the Hijab controversy which has been raging in the country and said that in Bihar this is not an issue as people respect each other's religious sentiments.
Last week, the high court had restrained students from wearing hijab or any other religious attire until further orders. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai urged that everyone should abide by the High Court's order
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has played down the Hijab controversy which has been raging in the country and said that in Bihar this is not an issue as people respect each other s religious sentiments.
Amid the ongoing Karnataka hijab controversy, some students were asked to sit in a separate room as they refused to appear for exams without wearing their headscarves in Shivmogga and Udupi cities of the state.
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Amid the ongoing hijab row, senior Advocate Devadatt Kamat, appearing for the petitioners, on Tuesday told the Karnataka High Court that country follows positiv