Hijab controversy: Basavaraj Bommai said, everyone should follow the High Court verdict
Bangalore:
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai today said everyone should abide by the High Court verdict on the hijab controversy and cooperate with the state government in implementing it.
Calling for maintaining peace and order in the society, he accepted the court’s decision and asked the students to focus on their education.
Bommai said, “I have just come to know about the High Court order regarding the matter related to the uniform (in class rooms) through the media. The court has upheld the uniform and said that hijab is an essential religious practice. Not there.” ,
Talking to reporters in Bengaluru, he said that it is a matter related to the future and education of the students and nothing is more important than education.
“Everyone should abide by the decision of a three-judge bench of the High Court. While we (government) implement it (order), everyone should cooperate and maintain peace. It is extremely important to maintain peace and order in the society. I appeal to the people, leaders of all communities, parents, teachers and students to accept the order and cooperate in providing education to the students as per the court order,” he said.
The Karnataka High Court today dismissed petitions filed by a section of Muslim students, seeking permission to wear the hijab inside the classroom.
A three-judge bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice JM Khaji observed that the prescription of school uniform is only a reasonable restriction, constitutionally permissible, to which students cannot object. Called upon the students not to boycott classes and examinations, as some of them did during the preliminary examinations keeping in mind their future.
Noting that the police forces have been deployed keeping in mind the maintenance of peace and order, he said in response to a question, everyone should abide by the court’s decision, and if anyone tries to take the law into their own hands. If it does, then the Home Department will take it. strict action.
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