Udupi principal, who stopped girls from wearing Hijab, not to get best teacher award after SDPI's opposition
6 months, 1 week ago

Udupi principal, who stopped girls from wearing Hijab, not to get best teacher award after SDPI's opposition

India TV News  

The Karnataka government has withdrawn its decision to honour the principal who banned hijab after protests from the radical Islamic party SDPI. According to reports, the Karnataka education department had selected Kundapura PU College principal BG Ramakrishna of Udupi district for the 'Best Principal' award but now he is not being given this honour. SDPI is the political wing of the banned organisation PFI According to reports, this year two teachers were selected for the 'Best Principal' award, including BG Ramakrishna, principal of Kundapura PU college in Udupi and A. Ramegowda, principal of Hunsuru PU college in Mysuru district. As soon as the news came out that Ramakrishna was being given the 'Best Principal' award, the radical Islamic party SDPI, the political wing of the banned Islamic organisation PFI, started protesting against it. Award not given to avoid controversy As soon as the news of giving this honour to Ramakrishna came out, SDPI, the political unit of the banned fundamentalist organisation PFI, was the first to protest against it.

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India Today  

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