BENGALURU: Social activist Dr Vinod G Kulkarni, who argued his PIL before the HC demanding Muslim girls be allowed to wear hijab on Fridays and during Ramzan, claimed the controversy relating to hijab has created mass hysteria throughout the nation, seriously affecting the mental health of Muslim girl students.
Citing the allowing of kirpan among Sikhs, he argued that hijab also should be allowed; it would end unrest in the country. He said hijab is not against public order, health or morality and the holy Quran says women should not expose their bodies. It cannot be ignored, he said. Dr Kulkarni argued that banning hijab is tantamount to banning the Quran. The bench said there is no ban on hijab as such.
