College officials are seen holding the boys back and escorting the student.
In the hijab versus saffron scarf confrontation at various Karnataka campuses today, a student in a burqa was heckled by a large group of slogan-shouting, saffron scarf-wearing young men at a college in Mandya.
The video of the Muslim student holding her ground against the saffron-wearing group has emerged from the Mandya pre-University college.
In the video, the young woman parks her scooter and heads to the college building when students wearing saffron scarves shout "Jai Shri Ram" and advance towards her.
The Muslim student shouts back: "Allah hu Akbar!"
She keeps shouting it, raising her hand, as she walks to the building, followed by the boys.
"What is the problem if I am wearing the burqa?" she stops and says to an unseen person.
As the boys catch up with her, college officials step in. They are seen holding the boys back and escorting the student.
This morning, protests outside the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) college in the Udupi district saw one group in the hijab and another wearing saffron scarves shouting slogans, with the police trying to keep the situation in control.
The High Court is hearing today petitions filed by five women from a government college in Udupi, questioning hijab restrictions.
The hijab protests began last month at the Government Girls PU college in Udupi when six students alleged they had been barred from classes for insisting on wearing the headscarf. Right-wing groups in Udupi and Chikkamagaluru objected to Muslim girls wearing the hijab to class.
The protests spread to more colleges in Udupi and beyond, with staff banning the hijab and many students taking a confrontational position by showing up in saffron scarves and shouting slogans.
On Saturday, the state's BJP government banned clothes which it said "disturb equality, integrity and public order".
