Mangalore, July 26: Activists Dakshina Kannada district unit of Campus Front of Indian on Thursday formed a human chain at Jyothi Circle in the city blocking the traffic for few minutes to register their protest against the alleged communally motivated measures by Sri Ramakunjeshwara First Grade College located in Ramakunja in Puttur Taluk.
The College authorities had lodged complaint against 14 students including Mohammed Tufail, the State Unit President of CFI following a massive protest in front of the College on July 20 demanding the College to allow the Muslim girls to wear headscarf on the campus.
Addressing the protesters Haidar Habeeb, DK district unit president of CFI said that by imposing ban on hijab of Muslim girls Ramakunjeshwara College had made it clear that it was not ready to uphold the secular values of Indian constitution.
“Moreover, the College authorities had lodged false cases against peaceful protesters, who were demanding justice to the Muslim girl students of the College, who had been kept away from the classes for wearing head scarf. This move clearly shows their communal agenda”, he said.
The agitators forwarded a memorandum to Karnataka Governor H R Bharadwaj and Union Human Resources Development Ministry through district administration seeking their intervention in the issue to bring justice to aggrieved students.
The memorandum accused the College of resorting to illegal and dishonest way to curb the Muslim students, who were demanding their constitutional rights. It demanded to withdraw cases registered against innocent students.
The memorandum termed the move of the College as “tantamount to an assault on the religious belief of students”. Any educational institution cannot impose ban on headscarf in India since the constitution of this country has guaranteed the citizens their religious rights, it added.
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