"No Uniform Code But...": Karnataka Minister On Muslim Students In Hijab Row

Karnataka Education Minister BC Nagesh has accused the opposition of politicising the issue after the students sought help from the PFI-affiliated Campus Front of India

It has been three weeks since a few Muslim girls studying at a government college in Karnataka's Udupi have been allowed in class, with the freedom to practice their religion at the core of the issue.

The students want to wear a hijab inside classrooms but the college administration has refused permission, insisting that all students abide by a uniform dress code.

The Udupi Assistant Commissioner is meeting the principal and protesting students today.

The state government, however, said it "has not fixed a uniform (dress) code" but urged the students to nevertheless follow the more than three decade old regulation of the School Development and Monitoring Committee (SDMC), saying "94 students have no problem... Kindly follow dress code".