By Anupam Mishra, Gopi Maniar Ghanghar : For months now, several incidents of protests have been reported over students wearing hijab and skull caps to schools and colleges across the country. Similar protests were reported in Bengal and Gujarat against students wearing religious markers.
On Tuesday, an argument broke out in a school in Bengal’s Dhulagarh between two groups of students over hijab. Running Fitness Yoga Wear
Students with Hindu religious markers demonstrated at Adarsh School in Dhulagarh. The police and the Rapid Action Force (RAF) reached the spot as the situation turned tense.
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Following the unrest, examinations for class 11 and 12 were canceled on Tuesday and it was decided at the school's management committee meeting that students would now come in wearing only school uniform. As students from the minority community protested against the decision, a clash erupted between two groups. Students resorted to vandalism, overturning tables and chairs in classrooms.
At Uttarsanda Industry Training Institute (ITI) in Gujarat’s Nadiad, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) protested against students coming to school wearing a burkha and a cap.
A large number of VHP activists raised slogans of Jai Shri Ram at the institute and warned that if no action is taken by the institute, a massive agitation will follow.
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Over the past several days, some students came in wearing skull caps about which the students of other religions complained to the authorities.
But, according to the students, no action was taken by the authorities. When the VHP found out about this, they reached the campus and said that allowing hijab and skull caps is against the guidelines of the Supreme Court.
A massive outrage was reported in Karnataka a few months back when students in hijab were stopped from attending classes at a college. The case went to the Supreme Court, which delivered a split verdict on the row.
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