Actress, Choreographer cum Politician Gayathri Raguramm’s tweet about girl students wearing hijab gained her severe criticism from the users of the micro blogging social media site. She wanted students to wear hijab after school hours and said that her party cadres and herself are not against hijab and Muslims. The BJP Tamil Nadu’s president of Art & Culture Wing said that she supported A.R Rahman’s daughter when an issue was raised about herself wearing hijab in public. Gayathri Raguramm said that everyone is equal in school and culture should be followed outside school.

Karnataka Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai announced three days of leave for schools and colleges after outrage erupted in the educational institutions from various part of the state. After Muslim students argued with heir school managements on attending classes by wearing hijab, a number of Hindu students started protesting against them by wearing saffron shawls.

A group of Dalit boys wore blue shawls to extend their support to Muslim students which caused huge outrage across the state. Video of a lone muslim girl student being heckled by a number of saffron students went viral with many condemning the boys for their atrocious behaviour. The girl student who was identified as Muskan, in an interview, said that she just wanted to submit the assignment and the majority number of boys who chanted against her were from outside college campus.

Celebrities from across the country, including Kamal Haasan, Richa Chadha, Swara Bhaskar has been reacting to the issue, condemning those who poisoned the young minds. Actress cum politician Gayathri Raguramm, in her tweet, justified the act of BJP cadres saying “If hijab is the school uniform then all the students should wear it. We are not against Muslims &hijab. Wear them after school. The school uniform should be followed. I support A.R.Rehaman’s daughter when she was trolled for wearing hijab recently(outside school),I defended her” through her tweet.