Udupi MLA responsible for escalation of hijab controversy: SDPI

The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) blamed Udupi MLA K. Raghupathi Bhat for the hijab issue becoming an international controversy and demanded his resignation terming him incompetent to be a legislator.

SDPI State president Abdul Majid told reporters in Udupi on February 17 that the MLA should own moral responsibility for the issue getting aggravated, and step down. He was responsible for the issue becoming a controversy at the international level as Mr. Bhat failed to discharge his duties as a legislator.

“We do responsible politics, and there was no need to play with the future of the student community to do politics,” he said.