Karnataka hijab row sikh student allowed to attend classes with turban after cm interventionq

Referring to the interim order of the Karnataka High Court on the Hijab controversy, a college in the state has asked a Sikh girl to remove her turban. Subsequently, a school in Mangaluru denied entry to a student wearing a turban. After the intervention of an NGO, the matter was taken to the Chief Minister's Office and the student was allowed to attend classes.

After the matter came to light, the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) has asked Childline to submit a report in this regard. Let us tell you that a private school in Mangaluru, Karnataka had refused admission to a 6-year-old Sikh boy for wearing a turban.

CWC President Renee D'Souza said that Sikh community students were allowed to wear 'patka' and 'kara' and yet why were the student stopped from attending classes.

Balwinder Singh of Rashtriya Sikh Sangat, an NGO that took up the matter, said the parents approached the Chief Minister's Office after informing the NGO about the incident. He said that “We would like to thank the Chief Minister and the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education BC Nagesh for highlighting the rights provided by the Indian Constitution to the people of the Sikh community. Members of the Sikh community are allowed to wear a turban and carry a kirpan.

On February 5, the Karnataka government banned "clothes that were against law and order" and on February 10, the High Court temporarily banned all religious organizations as it heard petitions challenging the restrictions. Was.

At the same time, Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, President of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has termed the denial of admission in a school to a six-year-old child in Mangalore, Karnataka, as an attack on religious freedom of Sikhs.

He said that earlier in Karnataka, an Amritdhari Sikh girl was questioned by a college in Bengaluru if she could take off her turban and attend classes?

The SGPC president said on Saturday that these incidents were a violation of the country's constitution as the Indian Constitution gives everyone the right to religious freedom. He asked Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to take concrete steps to prevent such incidents against Sikhs in the South Indian state.

Advocate Dhami said, "Religious freedom of Sikhs is being suppressed in Karnataka and this cannot be tolerated." He said that a delegation of SGPC will soon meet the Karnataka CM to discuss such Sikh issues and a letter has been written to CM Bommai to fix the time for the meeting.

Meanwhile, the SGPC president has also taken strong objection to the direction of students in Delhi not to come to schools in religious attire. He said that it is unfortunate that such instructions were issued to the Education Department by the Chairman of the Education Committee of South Delhi Municipal Corporation. In the name of differences and inequality among students, religious concerns and rights are being violated, he said. Government of India should issue strict instructions to every state to make it clear that no one's religious sentiments and freedom should be hurt.