As many as 6.84 lakh students on Friday appeared for the II PUC (Class 12) examinations in Karnataka amid tight security against the backdrop of government s ban on Hijab.
Two Hijab petitioners, who began the protest against Hijab ban which turned into a major crisis in the state and went on to become an international issue, were on Friday sent back for insisting to take their exams wearing Hijab in Udupi district of Karnataka.
Almas A.H., a second PUC (Class 12) student from Udupi Girl s Pre-University College, one among the six girls who started a protest on Hijab in Karnataka which went on to become a major crisis in the state, has said that it was not just to deny education for a piece of cloth.