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A Muslim girl was expelled from the college for wearing a veil, in an Indian state, Patna. College students of various colleges under the banner Dakhina Kannada Students Federation (DKSF) held a protest march in Mangalore in India's southern Karnataka against a city college after it barred a Muslim girl from attending classes for wearing a burqa (veil). Seventeen-year-old Aysha Asmin, a first year B. Com student of Sri Venkataramana Swamy College, Bantwal, was allegedly prevented by the college authorities from entering college campus wearing a burqa. Holding placards and raising slogans, the students demanded action against the college authorities. We want justice and we want to wear the scarf inside the college. It means we don't want to do any inequality in the campus, we want equality. But we want to follow our fundamental rights, said Ruksana, President, Girls Islamic. Seetharama Mayya, Principal, Sri Venkataramana Swamy College, maintained that Aysha Asmin can continue with her studies in the college but she has to abide by the rules of the college.
