Hijab row spreads to Andhra Pradesh

Vijaywada: After Madhya Pradesh and Puducherry, the hijab row that began in Karnataka has spread to Andhra Pradesh.

Hijab-wearing students of Loyola College located in Vijayawada said that they were denied entry into classes.

The students said that they had never faced such an issue earlier and even their ID cards have their photographs in a burqa.

In order to resolve the issue, parents, community elders are talking to the college principal and police.

On Wednesday, senior advocate Ravivarma Kumar, appearing for the petitioners challenging



the ban on hijab, submitted before Karnataka High Court that discrimination against Muslim girls is purely based on religion.

Mentioning that Hindu girls wearing bangles and Christian girls wearing cross are not sent out, the senior advocate asked why the government was picking on hijab alone. Kumar submitted that no other religious symbol was considered in the impugned government order.

“Why only hijab? Is it not because of their religion?” he questioned and further added that discrimination against Muslim girls is purely based on religion.