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maintain peace and tranquility while source of courage for us all,” tweeted
hearing various pleas challenging a the AIMIM leader from Hyderabad.
ban on hijab in the state. But BJP Rajya Sabha MP from
In a related development, Con- Uttar Pradesh Harnath Singh Yadav
gress general secretary Priyanka on Wednesday slammed the oppo-
Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday lent sition leaders for extending their
support to Muslim girls amid the support to wearing hijab at school
‘Hijab row’ in Karnataka stating in Karnataka’s Udupi and alleged
that women have the right to decide that some forces want to “make
what they want to wear. The Con- this country Afghanistan” and that
gress leader, on her official Twitter will not be allowed. “Political Par-
handle, said whether it is a “bikini, a ties especially Congress leaders like
ghoonghat, a pair of jeans or a hijab Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Ra-
it is a woman’s right to decide what hul Gandhi are giving statements it
she wants to wear.” means that they want to make India
Meanwhile, All India Maj- into Afghanistan and also want to
lis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIM- break & destroy India,” he said.
IM) President Asaduddin Owaisi on Meanwhile, Bc Nagesh, Karna-
Wednesday spoke to the hijab-clad taka Primary and Secondary Educa-
girl student who was allegedly heck- tion Minister said that the students
led by boys wearing saffron scarves didn’t want to gherao the girl who
in Karnataka. Owaisi said that that was coming outside the college in
her act of fearlessness has become Mandya. “No other student was
a source of courage for all. “Spoke around her when she shouted “al-
to Muskan and her family on call. lah-hu-akbar”. Was she provoked?
Prayed for her to remain steadfast Can’t encourage “allah hu akbar’ or
in her commitment to education ‘jai shri ram’ on campus. No one can
while also exercising her freedom of take law and order into their hands.
religion and choice. I conveyed that Govt will not spare any miscreant,”
her act of fearlessness has become a the minister further added.

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