Protest against hijab discrimination held at Tank Bund

Under the banner of Secular Intervention, a city-based organisation hoping to eliminate fascist forces, a protest was conducted against the ongoing hijab row at the Ambedkar statue, Lower Tank Bund on Tuesday.

The protest was led by Anand Singh, an activist from Hyderabad who dubbed the discrimination against hijab-clad women in Karnataka, a violation of a citizen’s fundamental rights. Anand informed that they initially tried to protest at Dharna Chowk but were denied permission for the same.

“The incidents taking place in



Karnataka currently and in fact across the country over the last seven years are highly disturbing. The attack on minorities keeps persisting and as such has to be countered,” added Singh.

While the protest did not gather any more than twenty-five people, the people present at the site were very vocal about the assault on the rights of Muslim women.

The protestors spoke about freedom of speech, communal harmony and other values which they argued are missing in India currently.