Kundapura PU College principal B.G. Ramakrishna did not allow girls wearing hijab to enter the college.
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has withdrawn its decision to honour the principal who banned hijab after protests from the radical Islamic party SDPI. According to reports, the Karnataka education department had selected Kundapura PU College principal BG Ramakrishna of Udupi district for the ‘Best Principal’ award but now he is not being given this honour. Let us tell you that in Karnataka, the education department honours the best principal every year on Teacher’s Day.
SDPI is the political wing of the banned organization PFI
According to reports, this year two teachers were selected for the ‘Best Principal’ award, including B.G. Ramakrishna, principal of Kundapura PU college in Udupi and A. Ramegowda, principal of Hunsuru PU college in Mysuru district. As soon as the news came out that Ramakrishna was being given the ‘Best Principal’ award, the radical Islamic party SDPI started protesting against it. Let us tell you that SDPI is the political wing of the banned Islamic organization PFI.
There was a huge uproar over the ‘hijab ban’
B.G. Ramakrishna, following the rules of PU college, did not allow the girl students wearing hijab to enter the class in February 2022. After his decision, there was a huge uproar in the entire state regarding the ‘hijab ban’. B.G. Ramakrishna said that he was informed by the Education Department on Wednesday that due to technical reasons, he will not be given this award for the time being. He said that he has been told that however his award has not been canceled.
Award not given to avoid controversy!
As soon as the news of giving this honor to Ramakrishna came out, SDPI, the political unit of the banned fundamentalist organization PFI, was the first to protest against it. After the protest by SDPI, many fundamentalist forces and other people became active, after which many posts were posted on social media criticizing the education department. According to sources in the education department, to avoid any controversy, it has been decided not to give the award to Ramakrishna for now.
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