Five Muslim female students at the city s university college in Hampankatta have requested that transfer certificates be issued so that they can attend other colleges. The college had banned the wearing of hijab in classrooms, which sparked outrage among Muslim students.
Twenty-four students studying in a college in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district were on Tuesday banned for a period of seven days from attending classes for wearing hijab.
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The term “bulldozing” was first used by Conservative Southerners in the US to intimidate Black Americans during the controversial 1876 president elections. Similarly, in Karnataka, it is being used by the BJP to intimidate minorities.
They requested the invigilators and the college principal for around 45 minutes but were eventually not allowed any exception to the court order upholding the state government's ban.