The happenings in BJP-ruled Karnataka as the " hijab controversy" is misleading. It is nothing of the kind. It is an outright assault on the right to education of young Muslim women, guaranteed to them by the law and the Constitution of India.
After hijab row, Karnataka is now witnessing a controversy over saffron shawls in a pre-university college. It has been reported that some Hindu groups allegedly forced boys to wear saffron shawls on the college campus in Udupi district as a response to Muslim girls insisting on wearing hijab in classrooms.