Udupi: Six students of Government Girls PU college in Karnataka's Udupi district, embroiled in the hijab row, have now turned down the suggestion from the college development committee that they should opt for online classes if they are adamant about wearing the headscarf in the classroom.
After the refusal of permission from college authorities to wear hijabs in class, the six have been boycotting classes for the last four weeks.
Addressing reporters in Udupi on Thursday, the students, who are staging the protest, said wearing hijab is their constitutional right and they are not willing to attend online classes which are 'discriminatory.'
Asked about other girls from the community attending classes without hijab, they said girls are not coming forward as they are scared of the problems they may face.
