"You people go and stop your ladies who are entering Mandirs and Matts wearing Chaddis and shorts. Do not provoke us," asserted Karnataka Congress leader Ahmed Patel.
Javed Akhtar had tweeted that he doesn't support hijab or burqa but he has 'nothing but deep contempt' for 'hooligans' who are intimidating the girls in Karnataka.
On Wednesday, Pakistan summoned India's Charge d'Affaires to its Ministry of Foreign Affairs and conveyed the government's "grave concern" over the ongoing Hijab protests by a section of Muslim students in Karnataka.
Inamullah Samangani said it is pleasing to see Muslim women stand for their religious values and make sacrifices to defend it in various ways, especially in a secular country like India