{"id":280137,"date":"2022-02-09T11:07:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T05:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=280137"},"modified":"2022-02-09T11:34:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T06:04:01","slug":"karnataka-hijab-row-priyanka-gandhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/karnataka-hijab-row-priyanka-gandhi\/","title":{"rendered":"Karnataka hijab row: Priyanka Gandhi supports Muslim girls protesting for hijab, says bikini, ghoonghat, jeans, it&#8217;s woman&#8217;s right"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday supported the Muslim girls who are protesting for hijab in Karnataka and said that woman has all the right to decide what she wants to wear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slamming the state government over the ongoing hijab row, Priyanka said that whether it is a bikini, a ghoonghat, a pair of jeans or a hijab, it is a woman&#8217;s right to decide what she wants to wear. Adding up to this, she said that the right has been guaranteed by the Indian constitution and asked the authorities to stop harassing women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Have a look at Priyanka Gandhi&#8217;s tweet:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Whether it is a bikini, a ghoonghat, a pair of jeans or a hijab, it is a woman\u2019s right to decide what she wants to wear. <br><br>This right is GUARANTEED by the Indian constitution. Stop harassing women. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ladkihoonladsaktihoon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ladkihoonladsaktihoon<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/priyankagandhi\/status\/1491266789179011075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Karnataka hijab row<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On February 8, Karanataka Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai has ordered the closure of all schools and colleges for the next three days due to protests over the wearing of hijab by Muslim students and requested all the students, teachers, and management of schools and colleges to maintain peace and harmony in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I appeal to all the students,  teachers and management of schools and colleges as well as people of karnataka to maintain peace and harmony. I have ordered closure of all high schools and colleges for next three days. All   concerned are requested to cooperate.<\/p>&mdash; Basavaraj S Bommai (Modi Ka Parivar) (@BSBommai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BSBommai\/status\/1491003220357165060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision came after a Muslim girl wearing a hijab was heckled by a group of students donning saffron scarves and raising Jai Shri Ram slogans at Mandya pre-University college. In the viral video, the Muslim student can be seen fighting back when students wearing saffron scarves shout Jai Shri Ram and the Muslim student shouts back Allah hu Akbar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read Also<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/karnataka-hijab-row-schools-colleges-shut\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/karnataka-hijab-row-schools-colleges-shut\/\">Karnataka hijab row: All schools, colleges to remain shut for 3 days due to protests<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When Muslim girl arrives at PES College, She&#39;s been heckled by several &#39;students&#39; wearing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/saffronshawls?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#saffronshawls<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KarnatakaHijabRow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KarnatakaHijabRow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qa3UDbMPST\">pic.twitter.com\/qa3UDbMPST<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zoo_bear\/status\/1490940000040800260?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Karnataka hijab protest gained momentum after a total of five colleges banned Muslim girls wearing hijab in the class. The authorities said that the ban of hijab prevents any display of religious symbols in educational institutions. The event took a political turn when a group of students at a college in Karnataka sported saffron scarves at the college and raised Jai Shri Raam slogans. They argued that if hijab can be allowed in the class, so can saffron scarves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hijab Row: Video Shows Muslim Girl In Hijab Threatend By Students Wearing Saffron Scarf\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aO84ck73dEI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Priyanka Gandhi said that whether it is a bikini, a ghoonghat, a pair of jeans or a hijab, it is a woman&#8217;s right to decide what she wants to wear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":187843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Karnataka hijab row: Priyanka Gandhi supports Muslim girls protesting for hijab, says bikini, ghoonghat, jeans, it's woman's right\n\n#PriyankaGandhi #HijabRow\n","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1497],"tags":[120978,2144],"yst_prominent_words":[9969,78479,72349,72347,5963,4170,26755,30827,26120,3820,6635],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2021\/10\/12100557\/PRiyanka-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280137"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=280137"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=280137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->