Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Downplays Hijab Row, Says State Respects Each Other’s Religious Sentiments

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has played down the Hijab controversy which has been raging in the country and said that in Bihar this is not an issue as people respect each other’s religious sentiments.

Talking with the media and quoted by ANI , Kumar said, “In Bihar schools, children wear the same type of dress… We respect each other’s religious sentiments.”

The chief minister also said that the people of the state does not pay attention to such things as Bihar does not interfere with the way of practising one’s religion or culture.

“We do not interfere in their way of practising religion or culture. That’s why we should not pay attention to such things,” he said.

Earlier, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that a proper dress code should be followed in schools, adding that he never asked the public or workers in UP to wear saffron, for what they wear is their personal choice.

He had also said that one’s personal belief is separate, “but when one talks about institutions, then one has to accept the rules there. In a national context, the Constitution should be followed.”

The hijab protests in Karnataka began in January this year when some students of Government Girls PU college in the Udupi district of the state alleged that they had been barred from attending classes.