JD Women’s College of Patna has imposed a dress code under which Muslim students would no longer be allowed to wear burqa inside the classroom. A notice issued by the Principal and Proctor of the college states that wearing the burqa inside the college premises is prohibited, except on Saturdays.
The college administration has also imposed a fine of Rs 250 in case anyone is found flouting norms.
Yet college has not provided any details regarding the new dress code.
The notice says, “All students have to come to college in the prescribed dress code, every day except on Saturday. Students are prohibited from wearing ‘burqa’ in college. A fine of Rs 250 will be imposed for violation.”
Students staged a protest against this ban of burqa on Saturday.
As college principal Shyama Roy quoted while speaking to the India Today TV, when she was asked about the rationale of this order, she said she is withdrawing the order banning burqa in college.
