Chamarajnagar: Kollegal teacher asks salon owners not to give school children 'filmy style' haircut
Chamarajnagar: A government school teacher in Kollegal town has requested the president of the Savitha Samaja in the taluk to ensure that school children are not given haircuts similar to Kannada film star Sudeep in his new movie 'Hebbuli' at the hair salons owned by Savitha Samaja members.
In a formal letter to the president of the Savitha Samaja on Tuesday, M Shantharaju, who is the Kannada teacher at the Government High School, Kollegal, has put forth his request to ask members of the association to refuse the 'Hebbuli' film-style haircut if asked for by school children who visit their salons. "We have already told the children in classes not to get their hair cut in the style; we have requested their parents about the matter too. In spite of this, some of the children get such haircuts, apparently in mockery of teachers. I am, therefore, requesting you to tell the members of Savitha Samaja not to agree if school children ask for such a haircut," the teacher has written.
Shantharaju, who shared his concerns with the Vartha Bharati correspondent, said, "It is not just about the 'Hebbuli' style. School children get their hair cut in other odd styles too. Our appeals to parents to prevent this have proven futile, as they expressed helplessness in the matter. I wrote to the Savitha Samaja president, explaining the matter and asking for support. The president has responded positively and also called for a meeting of barbers and salon owners on Tuesday to inform them of our request."
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
