Hijab controversy spreads to two more colleges in Udupi

Management representatives speaking to hijab-clad girls inside the campus of Government PU College in Kundapur in Udupi district on February 7, 2022. The girls were allowed inside to prevent any untoward incident outside the campus.

Amid the Karnataka Government ordering students to comply with the dress code prescribed by colleges, the hijab controversy spread to two more colleges in Udupi district on February 7.

Some students of Venkatramana Pre University College in Kundapur turned up at the campus wearing saffron shawls demanding that girls should not be allowed to wear hijab in the college. Likewise, a few students at the Government First Grade College in Koteshwara, near Kundapur, too turned up wearing saffron shawls.