'A Girl In Hijab Will Be India's PM One Day,' AIMIM Chief Owaisi Amid Karnataka Hijab Row

AIMIM chief and Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi in an election rally said that a girl wearing hijab will become the Prime Minister of the country one day.

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi| Photo: Getty

New Delhi: The Karnataka hijab row does not seem to die down. Ever since the incident happened, strong reactions have been pouring in from different sections of the society including several political leaders.  All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi again came out in support of women wearing hijabs. During a rally Owaisi said that a girl wearing hijab will become the Prime Minister of the country one day.

"I may not be alive for that day, but remember one day a woman wearing a hijab will become the Prime Minister of the country," Owaisi said in a rally video posted on his twitter handle.

"If our daughters want to wear hijabs and tell their parents about their decision, they will definitely be supported by their parents. Let's see who can stop them! We will see it, Inshaallah," Owaisi said in the rally.

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— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) February 12, 2022

He further said, "They (Muslim girls) will wear hijab, will wear Niqab and go to colleges and become doctors, collectors, SDMs and businessmen." 

Karnataka Hijab Row

On February 4, some students were allegedly denied entry to a college in Udupi wearing hijab (a headscarf worn by Muslim women) after which protests began in the state against the order.

A circular was released by the pre-University education board stating that students can only wear the uniform approved by the school administration and no other religious practices will be allowed in colleges. The students opposed the decision and began protests in campuses.

Soon more colleges and schools issued similar diktats in the state that caused further conflagration of the incident. Groups came out in support and against the decision taken by the educational institutes. The clash over the ideology turned violent in some areas and the government had to shut schools and colleges for three days. 

An appeal against the Karnataka high court in the incident (hijab) is pending in the Supreme Court, which said that it will take up the matter at an appropriate time. It also asked the lawyers not to make  the incident a national-level issue.