Hijab row: What’s happening in Karnataka shouldn’t be allowed in Tamil Nadu says Kamal Haasan

Actor-politician Kamal Haasan on Wednesday expressed shock over the incidents that unfolded in Karnataka on Tuesday. He also called on the “progressive forces” in the state to ensure it doesn’t spread to Tamil Nadu.

“What’s happening in Karnataka is causing me distress. A poisonous wall of communalism is being raised among innocent students. What’s happening in our



neighbouring state should not come to Tamil Nadu. It is time for all progressive forces to be more vigilant than before,” he wrote on his Twitter page.

The ongoing protests in Karnataka against allowing girls wearing Hijab to attend classes in government-run schools and colleges hit a crescendo on Tuesday, with incidents of stone-pelting and lathicharge being reported in several districts.