The websites of all these colleges even have pictures showing hijab-clad girls. Hijab-clad girls are also welcome in colleges owned by a former BJP minister in Konchady, and another linked to a RSS leader in Shaktinagar. Asked why there are different rules for different colleges, he said, “The decision making is decentralised and respective principals take the call”. Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, treasurer of this group of institutions, admitted that they have banned hijab at their PU college, but not in Ayurveda Medical College. But the headscarf is allowed in a degree college and at the Ayurveda Medical College, managed by the same group, and situated at Talapady on the Kerala border, which is mostly a Muslim-dominated area. A group of institutions comprising four colleges, of which a senior VHP-Bajrang Dal leader is the president, has strictly banned hijab at the PU College located in Kodialbail in Mangaluru city. Some of the institutions even have different rules for different colleges, depending on ‘local conditions’. Sources said these leaders have not fully allowed their Hindutva ideology to creep into the corridors of education, mostly because education means business for them, just like the others. Interestingly, some of these colleges are linked to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionaries. A reality check by the TNIE revealed that many colleges, including those managed by the non-Muslims, not just allow wearing of the hijab, but also give them time to offer Friday prayers in nearby mosques by making slight changes in the timetable.
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