Hijab, saffron gamcha row disrupts Republic Day event at Jharkhand school

Hijab, saffron gamcha row disrupts Republic Day event at Jharkhand school

Republic Day celebrations at a school in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad were disrupted when right-wing aligned young boys took objection to hijab-clad Muslim students attending the event. One of their friends, who is also a student in the school, was allegedly reprimanded by his teacher for wearing a saffron gamcha to the celebrations. The teacher asked him to remove the gamcha and attend the celebrations. As the Republic Day celebrations were underway, on…