A woman wearing a hijab in Tamil Nadu was stopped from voting.
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Hijab controversy continues in KarnatakaHijab Controversy) has now reached the polling booth of Tamil Nadu. In fact, a member of the BJP Booth Committee contested the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Elections.Tamil Nadu Urban Local Body ElectionA Muslim woman came to vote for (Muslim Woman) stopped voting and created a ruckus. The woman had come to vote wearing a hijab, to which the committee member objected and said that if they want to exercise their right to vote, then they should use this democratic right without hijab.
According to the information, the BJP member asked the woman to take off her hijab and cast her vote. The members of the ruling DMK and AIADMK opposed him after which the police had to intervene in the matter. Other booth agents, polling officials and police personnel immediately objected to the man and forced him out of the polling booth at Melur in Madurai district. Reacting to the incident, DMK MLA Udayanidhi Stalin, son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, said that BJP has always been doing this. We are completely against it. The people of Tamil Nadu know who to choose and who to reject. They will never accept it.
Voting in Chennai after a gap of 11 years
However, after the intervention of the police and members of other political parties, the woman was able to exercise her franchise. Urban local body elections are underway in Tamil Nadu on Saturday for 12,607 posts in 21 corporations, 138 municipalities and 490 nagar panchayats. Polling is being held in the state after a gap of 11 years. Voting is being done in a single phase for the urban body elections. Elections were scheduled for October 2016, but were postponed in view of the Madras High Court directive. Even after this, it got delayed due to various developments, political and administrative activities.
In fact, the Karnataka High Court is hearing petitions filed by some Muslim girls against the ban on wearing hijab inside educational institutions. Some Muslim girl students had alleged that the Karnataka government's decision to ban the wearing of hijab or saffron scarves violated Article 25 of the Constitution. Karnataka Advocate General Prabhulinga Navadgi had denied the allegation of the girl students. He said that Article 25 gives freedom to the citizens of India to profess, practice and propagate religion freely. Navadgi argued that the order of the government does not violate Article 19(1) (a) of the Constitution.
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