The hijab row at a Christian school in Kerala saw a twist on Wednesday after CPI(M) leader and Education Minister V Sivankutty climbed down from his earlier directive that an aggrieved student be allowed to wear the hijab to school.
On Tuesday, Sivankutty had directed St Rita Public School, a CBSE -affiliated institution in Kochi, to allow a student to wear hijab and continue her studies. School authorities had insisted that allowing a hijab was against the uniform, and the management, in an interim order from the High Court, had obtained police protection for the institution in the face of protests.
Sivankutty’s directive on Tuesday came hours after the Congress leadership in Ernakulam, led by MP Hibi Eden, met the girl’s father, who told reporters that his daughter would follow the s