Remove hijab or change college: Managluru University College to Muslim girls

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May 28, 2022

Manglauru, May 28: In the wake of protests launched by a group of students backed by hardline Hindutva outfits the Mangalore University College has shown red signal to Muslim girls with headscarves.

Muslim girls of the college have now two choices: Either change college or remove hijab.

Mangalore University Vice Chancellor Prof P Subrahmanya Yadapadithaya has said that the College will facilitate admission of Muslim girl students in other colleges if they insist on wearing hijab inside classrooms.

Presiding over an emergency meeting on Friday, the VC said that the college will also provide counselling to Muslim girl students to change their decision on the wearing of hijab.

He said an enquiry will be initiated and action will be taken if any lecturers encouraging Muslim students to wear hijab inside the classrooms.
He said as according to High Court and government’s orders wearing hijab inside the campus also banned.

Mangalore South MLA D Vedavyas Kamath present in the meeting said the university college was not exempted from High Court’s order on hijab.

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‘This is how it began in Gujarat’: Modi outlines BJP’s political ambitions in Kerala

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January 23,2026

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his visit to Thiruvananthapuram on Friday, January 23, indicated that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is aiming to expand its political footprint in Kerala ahead of the Assembly elections scheduled in the coming months.

Speaking at a BJP-organised public meeting, Modi drew parallels between the party’s early electoral gains in Gujarat and its recent victory in the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation. The civic body win, which ended decades of Left control, was cited by the Prime Minister as a possible starting point for the party’s broader ambitions in the state.

Recalling BJP’s political trajectory in Gujarat, Modi said the party was largely insignificant before 1987 and received little media attention. He pointed out that the BJP’s first major breakthrough came with its victory in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation that year.

“Just as our journey in Gujarat began with one city, Kerala’s journey has also started with a single city,” Modi said, suggesting that the party’s municipal-level success could translate into wider electoral acceptance.

The Prime Minister alleged that successive governments led by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) had failed to adequately develop Thiruvananthapuram. He accused both fronts of corruption and neglect, claiming that basic infrastructure and facilities were denied to the capital city for decades.

According to Modi, the BJP’s control of the civic body represents a shift driven by public dissatisfaction with the existing political alternatives. He asserted that the BJP administration in Thiruvananthapuram had begun working towards development, though no specific details or timelines were outlined.

Addressing the gathering at Putharikandam Maidan, Modi said the BJP intended to project Thiruvananthapuram as a “model city,” reiterating his party’s commitment to governance-led change.

The Prime Minister’s visit to Kerala also included the inauguration of several development projects and the flagging off of new train services, as the BJP intensifies its political outreach in the poll-bound state.

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