In yet another dramatic development in the Karnataka hijab ban controversy, two students, who had filed a petition in court to allow hijab inside classrooms for the first time, were today turned away from the examination center for their final class 12 board exams. Because he insisted on taking the exam. Exam Wearing Burqa Alia Asadi and Resham collect their hall tickets to take the exam at Vidyodaya PU College in Udupi and come wearing burqa.
He tried to convince the invigilators and the college principal for about 45 minutes, but was ultimately denied permission, except for the state government’s court order upholding the ban. Then he was seen quietly leaving the campus without taking the exam.
The exam, which started on Friday, will continue till May 18. The first paper was of Business Studies. Over 6.84 lakh students will take the exam at 1,076 centers across the state. The exam will be conducted at 1,076 centers across the state amid tight security with police personnel deployed at various centers to ensure that there are no incidents of students following the dress code.
State Education Minister BC Nagesh has clearly stated that students will not be allowed to take the exam in hijab. Many Muslim girls who came to the exam wearing the hijab said that they would remove it inside and wear it again after the exam was over.
Aaliya Asadi, 17, at the forefront of the fight against the state’s hijab ban, last week made a fresh appeal to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, saying he still had a chance to “stop our future from being ruined”.