Bengaluru: In the midst of a row that went berserk to wear ‘hijab’ at an educational institution in Karnataka, Minister of State Education BC Nagesh on Sunday said students who did not want to comply with uniform dress code were the freedom to explore other options.
“Just like the rules followed in the military, the same thing must be done here (in educational institutions) as well. Open choices for those who do not want to follow it, they can use,” Nagesh told reporters in Mysuru.
The Minister appealed to students not to be a ‘tool’ in the hands of political parties.
The BOMMAI government on Saturday issued a circular ban that disrupted peace, harmony and law and order in educational institutions throughout the state.
In circular, Mr. Nagesh said the government felt the need to clarify this problem and remove the round.
He also clarified that students could come to school wearing headscarves, but on campus they had to put them in their bags.
Wanted to know why the problem arose suddenly when students from all religions came to school wearing a uniform, he said everyone learned and played together with a sense of equality but had never had a difference in religion trimmed.
According to Mr. Nagesh, the problem began in December when several children in Udupi were arrested wearing a headscarf who said ‘Sharia’ (Islamic Law) Prescribing the code of dressing like that and they drowned to obey.
The next minister claimed that many children were asked to do so but the majority of them did not agree.
“At the Udupi School where the incident occurred, of the 92 Muslim children only six girls came wearing a headscarf and surrendered to ‘poisonous seeds’. Other children came to school wearing their school uniforms,” he said.
Refused the allegations of the Congress Party that the BJP government did not want Muslim students to continue their studies, Nagesh showed that Karnataka education law was not brought by BJP but Congress, who had ruled for the maximum years in the state.