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Hijab row: Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai appeals for peace, restraint

State government declares holiday for educational institutions for three days

Students wearing saffron robes and hijab stage a protest outside the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College campus in Udupi district on Tuesday. PTI photo
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Students wearing saffron robes and hijab stage a protest outside the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College campus in Udupi district on Tuesday. PTI photo

Press Trust of India New Delhi
As the hijab row intensified further in Karnataka, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday appealed to the Opposition and the people concerned not to escalate the situation by making "provocative" statements and to wait for the High Court order.

The state government is going by the law on dress code and the same stand has been put before the court, he said.

"Let's wait for the judiciary's decision and we will abide by whatever it says," he added.

The chief minister also said that the Karnataka government has declared a holiday in high schools and colleges in the state for the next three

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