Hijab Row: K`taka CM Basavaraj Bommai to chair a meeting today on resuming classes

CM Basavaraj Bommai is expected to take a call on reopening schools and colleges amid the Hijab controversy.

New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday (February 10) will chair a meeting to consider re-opening schools amid the ongoing hijab row that led to disturbances between the students of the different religious groups, said state Education, Minister BC Nagesh. 

The leader added that the decision will be taken after the order by the High Court, which is currently hearing the matter. 

This comes after CM Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday ordered the closure of all the high schools and colleges in the state for the next three days amid the growing escalation between the students from the Muslim and Hindu communities. 

Meanwhile, the Karnataka High court hearing the Hijab issue on Thursday asked students not to insist on wearing any cloth on campuses of educational institutions which can instigate people, till the matter is resolved. 

The matter has been postponed by the court till Monday and the court has advised the state to resume classes but keep a check that no incident of violence erupts in the institutes. 

The Hijab row started in December end when a few students started coming to the government pre-university college in Udupi wearing Hijab after the college said it allowed students to wear the hijab on campus and only asked them to take it off inside the classroom

To protest against it, some Hindu students turned up wearing saffron scarves.  

The row spread to other educational institutions in different parts of the State, and the protests took a violent turn at someplace earlier this week, prompting the government on Tuesday to declare three days of holiday for the institutions.