Mangalore: Dress Code - Stalemate Continues in Bantwal, Dispute Resolved in Uppinangady
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Aug 22: While the Uppinangady government college Development and Monitoring Committee, headed by Puttur MLA Mallika Prasad, has resolved the issue of wearing head scarves by taking a decision, that the Muslim girls can wear head scarves while attending the college, subject to the condition that they should remove the burkhas at the ladies room before attending the class and that the colour of the scarves should conform to the colour of the prescribed uniform.
At the same time, stalemate continues at SVS College located at Vidyagiri, Bantwal, against the management of which, a complaint has been lodged by a student named Aysha Asmin, stating that she is not being allowed to attend classes with head scarves on. Student Union president of the College, Bharat Kulal, who is said to have been behind the ban on head scarves enforced by the management, lodged a complaint with the policemen on Thursday, saying that he has been receiving threat calls from various numbers from a person in Tulu. Some of them are from international numbers, he stated. Bharat claimed that some vested interests are trying to malign the college.
Principal of the college, Seetaram Mayya also claimed that he has a feeling that he is being closely watched, since the day the controversy erupted. He said, he proposes to lodge a complaint with the policemen, even though he has not received any threat calls so far.
The issue is receiving lot of attention in various quarters, with some quarters claiming that wearing of head scarf is not mandated by Islam. Some also claim that the ban imposed on wearing of head scarves is in conformity with a recent judgement of the Supreme Court, which has said that exhibiting of religious faiths in educational institutions is undesirable. There have also been people who strongly feel that the authorities should allow the students to wear what they want.