Unrest over hijab: Karnataka CM orders closure of all high schools and colleges for three days
The Hindu
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai appeals to everyone, including political leaders, to desist from instigating students or issuing provocative statements over the episode
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai ordered closure of all high schools and colleges in Karnataka for the next three days in an attempt to prevent further escalation of the row over students wearing hijab and saffron shawls in classrooms.
The Chief Minister, who is in New Delhi to meet various Union ministers, issued the order from there following reports of confrontations and violence from a few college campuses on February 8. There was stone-pelting in one college and caning by police in another.
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