Schools in Karnataka are opening from today after five days of communal tension building in the state. The controversy rose on the matter whether hijab is ok in institutions or not.
This is a very crucial week as Opposition will question BJP Government in the Assembly Sessions that are starting from today in Vidhan Sabha. Karnataka High Court will also resume hearings on pleas against hijab ban in educational institutions.
A multi faith peace meeting was held in Udupi district headed by local BJP MLA Raghupathi Bhat. The meeting has asked the students to not wear religious dresses in class. Students cannot wear religious dresses only in institutions that have prescribed uniforms for the students.
Karnataka High Court has given and interim order and it says, “Student cannot wear any religious clothes in institutions where College Development Committees have prescribed a dress code for students.”
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The peace meeting was conducted to reduce the communal tension that has been going on in the state. The meeting concluded that students are free to wear whatever they want if there school has no dress code. Department of Undergraduate Education Karnataka does not mandate uniforms in its colleges but there are certain institutes that do have dress codes.
The idea of peace meeting was inducted by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai who instructed police, school administration and district officials to conduct peace committee meetings at district level. The meeting held in Udupi was attended by senior police and district officials, parents, political and religious leaders.
Karnataka CM said that meeting was attended by Muslim Okkoota, Social Democratic Party of India, Popular Front of India. The situation in the schools went out of hand because of a student organization Campus Front of India. Because of which they were not invited to attend the peace meeting. Last week a three judge bench at Karnataka High Court referred the case to a higher bench for discussion.
Chief Minister Bommai said, “A decision regarding the reopening of pre-university and degree colleges will be taken after assessing the situation. Trouble-makers will face legal action as schools up to Class 10 are reopening from Monday. The students must focus on the examinations scheduled in March, other things will be taken care of by investigative agencies.”
