'We are the future': Karnataka Hijab Activist Appeals To CM Bommai On Exams

17-year-old Karate champion Aliya was at the forefront of the Karnataka hijab controversy.

Hijab wearing students in Karnataka (File photo: AFP)

New Delhi: Aliya Assadi, a 17-year-old Muslim student, who approached the Karnataka High Court to revoke the ban on hijabs inside classrooms in the state, has appealed to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to allow students to appear for second pre-university examinations beginning on April 22, wearing headscarves.

She wrote in the tweet that you have an opportunity to stop ruining our future.

In a tweet to the CM, she said, "2nd PU exams are going to start from 22nd of this month. Hon'ble CM @BSBommai you still have a chance to stop our future from getting ruined. You can make a decision to allow us to write exams wearing hijab. Please consider this. We are the future of this country."

2nd PU exams are going to start from 22nd of this month. Hon'ble CM @BSBommai you still have a chance to stop our future from getting ruined. You can make a decision to allow us to write exams wearing hijab. Please consider this.We are the future of this country.#HijabisOurRight

— Aliya Assadi (@Aliyassadi) April 13, 2022

17-year-old Karate champion Aliya was at the forefront of the Karnataka hijab controversy. 

Aliya is one of the petitioners who had approached the court in the Hijab controversy that started from Udupi, Karnataka. 

After being disappointed by the Karnataka High Court's decision against the hijab ban, they have pinned their hopes on the Supreme Court's decision. Now it remains to be seen what the Supreme Court decides in this matter. 

The High Court of Karnataka has imposed restrictions on wearing hijab in schools and educational institutions. Due to this, protests started in many schools across Karnataka. 

The hijab ban caused many students to miss their exams, while the state education department said there would be no re-examination for such candidates. 

"Whatever the Court has said, we will abide by it. Being absent from exams will only be the prime factor and not the reason, whether it may be because of hijab row or ill-health or inability to attend or for not having studied. In the final exam- absent means absent- repeat exams cannot be held," minister BC Nagesh had said earlier.