The tense situation occurred when the Congress made a preliminary submission seeking to move an adjournment motion demanding a dismissal and sedition case against minister E.M. Eshwarappa.
Several on Twitter pointed to the public humiliation of Muslim girls and women who had to remove articles of clothing on the street. Others noted how a section of students were missing classes.
Violence broke out in the Shivamogga district as the row over hijab spread. But the claim that a mob of saffron-clad students removed the national flag is untrue. The flagpost was empty.