{"id":15959,"date":"2026-05-14T20:44:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/2026\/05\/14\/saffron-shawls-not-allowed-in-schools-siddaramaiah-clarifies-karnataka-governments-order-after-right-wing-threats\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T20:44:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:44:52","slug":"saffron-shawls-not-allowed-in-schools-siddaramaiah-clarifies-karnataka-governments-order-after-right-wing-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=15959","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Saffron shawls not allowed in schools&#8217;: Siddaramaiah clarifies Karnataka government&#8217;s order after right-wing threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131088603,imgsize-41512,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/131088603.jpg\" alt=\"'Saffron shawls not allowed in schools': Siddaramaiah clarifies Karnataka government's order after right-wing threats\" title=\".\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/karnataka-chief-minister-siddaramaiah\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah<\/a> clarified on Thursday that saffron shawls will not be allowed in educational institutions, amid the withdrawl of the February 2022 order brought in by the then BJP government that had effectively banned hijabs inside classrooms.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>Speaking to reporters in Mysuru, Siddaramaiah said the state government\u2019s order allows students to follow existing religious practices but did not permit the introduction of new ones inside schools and colleges.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>\u201cSaffron shawls are not allowed. Those shawls cannot be worn. Turbans, sacred thread, Shiva dhara, rudraksha, and hijab can also be worn,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>He, however, said only traditions already in practice will be permitted. <!-- -->\u201cWhen we say turbans, we mean practices that already exist. Nothing new can be introduced,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>The statement came after some right-wing groups threatened to wear saffron shawls in classrooms, and accused the Congress government of appeasement politics by allowing Hijab.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya also alleged that the Congress government had \u201csurreptitiously\u201d diluted the uniform policy and called it \u201cthe institutionalisation of religious identity in classrooms\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>\u201cUniform means uniform. Classrooms are for education, not religious signalling,\u201d Malviya said, accusing Congress of \u201cvote-bank politics\u201d and appeasement.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The Congress government defended the decision by saying education should not suffer because of religious identity or traditional practices. Karnataka minister Madhu Bangarappa said, \u201cReligious practices shouldn&#8217;t come in between students&#8217; education and future. 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