Karnataka govt withdraws hijab ban, announces CM Siddaramaiah

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced that he has asked state authorities to withdraw the ban on hijab in the educational institutions of the state. "I have told to withdraw the hijab ban, he tweeted on Friday. He also accused the BJP of dividing people and dividing society on the basis of clothes, dress and caste. Speaking at an event, he said, “We will be withdrawing the ban on hijab which was imposed by the previous BJP government. An official order will come soon regarding it.”

ಪ್ರಧಾನಿ @narendramodi ಅವರ ಸಬ್ ಕಾ ಸಾಥ್-ಸಬ್ ಕಾ ವಿಕಾಸ್ ಎನ್ನುವುದು ಬೋಗಸ್. ಬಟ್ಟೆ, ಉಡುಪು, ಜಾತಿ, ಆಧಾರದ ಮೇಲೆ ಜನರನ್ನು ವಿಭಜಿಸುವ, ಸಮಾಜವನ್ನು ಒಡೆಯುವ ಕೆಲಸವನ್ನು @BJP4India ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಹಿಜಾಬ್ ನಿಷೇಧವನ್ನು ವಾಪಾಸ್ ಪಡೆಯಲು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದೇನೆ.#Hijab pic.twitter.com/EIHU5V7zas

— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) December 22, 2023

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