Several Bollywood celebrities have supplied their opinions on the continued ‘hijab row‘ in Karnataka, the place college students are protesting for his or her proper to decorate as they please after six women have been allegedly barred from getting into a university in Udupi, as a result of they have been in hijab.
The controversy spiraled throughout the state, in the end making nationwide information and attracting feedback from politicians and celebrities. Writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar, in a sequence of tweets, stated that he has, and stays, in opposition to ‘burqa and hijab’, however has ‘nothing however deep contempt’ for the ‘mobs of hooligans who’re making an attempt to intimidate a small group of women and that too unsuccessfully’.
Secular individuals like me have the appropriate to oppose burqa n hijab ( we’ve at all times completed that) however not those that themselves have saffron shawls on their shoulders .Aren’t they of the identical ideology that precipitated violence in opposition to Hindu women in Manglore for having espresso in a restaurant.
— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) February 10, 2022
Actor Kangana Ranaut wrote in an Instagram Story, “If you want to show courage, show it by not wearing burqua in Afghanistan… Learn to break free, not cage yourself.” She was reacting to a tweet about how issues had modified in Iran after the revolution, notably for ladies.
Responding on to Kangana’s remark, Javed Akhtar’s spouse, actor Shabana Azmi wrote in a tweet, “Correct me if Im fallacious however Afghanistan is a theocratic state and once I final checked India was a secular democratic republic?!!”
Correct me if Im fallacious however Afghanistan is a theocratic state and once I final checked India was a secular democratic republic?!! pic.twitter.com/0bVUxK9Uq7
— Azmi Shabana (@AzmiShabana) February 11, 2022
Previously, actor and BJP MP Hema Malini had stated, in response to information company ANI, “Schools are for schooling and non secular issues shouldn’t be taken there. Every college has a uniform that needs to be revered. You can put on no matter you need outdoors the varsity.”
Actor-politician Kamal Haasan took the chance to warn ‘progressives’ in Tamil Nadu to not permit the divisiveness to spill over into the state. He issued his assertion by way of Twitter.
The matter is being heard on the Karnataka High Court, which adjourned the listening to until February 14. The HC had requested college students to not insist on carrying ‘non secular issues’ till the matter is resolved. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday stated that the state will reopen colleges until class 10 with none non secular gown code from February 14.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
