Students donning hijab, saffron and blue shawls denied entry into Chikkamaguluru college

The students were allowed inside the college campus only after verifying their identity cards

Students wearing saffron shawls and headscarves at IDSG Government College in Chikkamagaluru were denied entry inside the college premises on Tuesday. Some students had also arrived at the college donning blue shawls.

In the wake of the row over hijab and saffron shawl, the college made the uniform prescribed by it mandatory for all students. Its College Development Committee had convened a meeting after the row over saffron shawls, hijab and blue shawls intensified on Monday.

The committee has approved uniforms for the students. All students should mandatorily wear uniforms, said a release from the college development committee. The release further said that students should wear the uniform prescribed by the college till the next order.

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