Several Muslim students in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur were denied entry into an examination center when they refused to take off the hijab before appearing for the intermediate sent-up examinations.
The students of Mahant Darshan Das Mahila (MDDM) College said that some girls had come to MDDM College to appear for the intermediate exams wearing hijab. On entering the classroom, a teacher, Ravi Bhushan, asked them to remove the hijabs.
The girls reportedly asked the teacher to call a female guard and get them checked. They even told him that if the guard found any objectionable material on anyone, then that person would leave without giving the examination.
The students alleged that the teacher did not pay heed to their demand and insisted that they remove the hijab before appearing for the examination.
The students said one teacher, Shashi Bhushan, called the students “anti-national”. “He started saying that you live here and you sing there. Just go to Pakistan,” alleged the students, India Today reported.
Infuriated with the objectionable remarks made by the teacher, the students left without taking the exam and staged a protest outside the college gate.