Primary and Secondary Education Minister of Karnataka B.C. Nagesh told 'Deccan Herald' that the data is being collected to counter daily media reports with correct numbers.
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.
What irony that those who appropriated a natural biological fact to argue for faith in denying entry to women into the Sabarimala shrine should be unable to support young Muslim women for whom wearing the head scarf is equally an article of faith.
Rashad Hussain had written that religious freedom “includes the ability to choose one’s religious attire”. India had earlier taken up cases of Sikhs and Hindus in the US, when were targeted in attacks.