Chandni is an English lecturer at Jain PU College, Karnataka. For three years he taught students. He resigned in protest of the ban on wearing the hijab. Amid controversy over hijab, the resignation of a teacher has sparked further controversy.
At the Karnataka High Court hearing on behalf of the state government in the ongoing hijab controversy, the state's Advocate General (AG) Prabhuling Navargi said that wearing hijab is not an essential religious practice in Islam. Therefore, refusing to wear hijab will not curtail the constitutional rights of the citizens.
The Karnataka High Court has ruled that for the time being, no religious attire can be worn in educational institutions in Karnataka. After this instruction, call the principal of Jain PU College or all the teachers. The principal told all the teachers that from now on they will not be able to come to the college wearing any clothes with which religion is added. And after this instruction, the teacher named Chandni quit her job. He posted a video about this on social media. It has now gone viral. He said, 'Going to college without hijab is against my self-esteem. For three years I was a lecturer at Jain PU College. I have not had any problem in these three years. I worked comfortably. But last Thursday morning our principal Sir called us and said we should not wear hijab. No religious symbol should be represented and they have received instructions in this regard.
The English lecturer told reporters, 'I have been teaching after hijab for three years. It was against my self-esteem so I resigned. I will not work in that college without hijab. In his resignation letter, he described the decision to ban the hijab as "undemocratic".
Hijab is not allowed in the classroom. Muslim students started protesting in December last year after six students of a government girls' PU college in Udupi district of Karnataka state alleged that. The controversy over the hijab began in the state. School-college is closed. They then approached the Karnataka High Court. The case was taken to the Supreme Court. Although the school was reopened by a court order, the controversy did not abate.
Letter written by Chandni, an English lecturer at Jain PU College, Karnataka.Photo taken from Facebook
At the Karnataka High Court hearing on behalf of the state government in the ongoing hijab controversy, the state's Advocate General (AG) Prabhuling Navargi said that wearing hijab is not an essential religious practice in Islam. Therefore, refusing to wear hijab will not curtail the constitutional rights of the citizens.
The Karnataka High Court has ruled that for the time being, no religious attire can be worn in educational institutions in Karnataka. After this instruction, call the principal of Jain PU College or all the teachers. The principal told all the teachers that from now on they will not be able to come to the college wearing any clothes with which religion is added. And after this instruction, the teacher named Chandni quit her job. He posted a video about this on social media. It has now gone viral. He said, 'Going to college without hijab is against my self-esteem. For three years I was a lecturer at Jain PU College. I have not had any problem in these three years. I worked comfortably. But last Thursday morning our principal Sir called us and said we should not wear hijab. No religious symbol should be represented and they have received instructions in this regard.
The English lecturer told reporters, 'I have been teaching after hijab for three years. It was against my self-esteem so I resigned. I will not work in that college without hijab. In his resignation letter, he described the decision to ban the hijab as "undemocratic".
Hijab is not allowed in the classroom. Muslim students started protesting in December last year after six students of a government girls' PU college in Udupi district of Karnataka state alleged that. The controversy over the hijab began in the state. School-college is closed. They then approached the Karnataka High Court. The case was taken to the Supreme Court. Although the school was reopened by a court order, the controversy did not abate.
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