India
oi-Deepika S
A row over wearing hijab at educational institutions began in India on January 1, 2022, when Muslim PU students in Karnataka’s Udupi were barred from wearing the hijab on campus.
Lucknow, Jan 19: Chaos prevailed in Uttar Pradesh after some students of the Hindu College in Moradabad were denied entry into the institute for wearing ‘Burqa’ despite the prescribed uniform code for students there.
According to ANI, the girl students have alleged that they were not allowed to enter the college campus wearing the Burqa and that they are compelling them to remove it at the entrance gate.
The girls later staged a dharna outside the gate in protest against the decision by the college management.
Notably, the college administration clarified that there was a dress code for the students and that no one would be allowed entry in any other dress.
Reportedly, a…