Nitish Kumar  |  Photo Credit: PTI
Patna: Amid raging controversy over hijab in Karnataka, Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar on Monday said that his party respect each other’s religious sentiments and do not interfere in their way of practicing religion or culture.
Kumar, whose party shares power with BJP in Bihar, said that all students wear the same clothes in Bihar schools.
“In Bihar schools, children wear the same type of dress… We respect each other’s religious sentiments. We do not interfere in their way of practicing religion or culture. That’s why we should not pay attention to such things,” he said.
The controversy over hijab triggered a few weeks back after a few girl students in hijabs were not allowed to enter a government pre-university college in Udupi. The incident led to widespread protests against the hijab ban in various parts of the state.
Following the incident, the state government in an order said that students at schools and pre-university colleges across the state should only follow the uniforms prescribed by it or the management of private institutions.
The Karnataka High Court has restrained all students from wearing any sort of religious dress within the classroom in the state, regardless of their religion or faith, until further orders on pleas challenging the ban in educational institutions with a dress code