TN Local Body Polls: BJP protest against voter wearing hijab??

S Venkateshwari
TN local Body Polls: bjp protest against voter wearing hijab??  


A polling booth at Al-Amin High school, Eighth Ward, Melur Municipality, madurai District was closed following a controversy over a bjp booth agent's request to remove the hijab of Islamic women.


The incident caused a stir when a bjp booth agent argued with an official at the Melur polling station demanding the removal of the hijab of Muslim women. Due to this, the voting was suspended for some time.

Voting at the Al-Amin High school in the eighth ward of the Melur municipality in madurai district was disrupted after a bjp booth agent asked Islamic women to remove their hijabs.


Voting for the Urban local government elections is underway in tamil Nadu. Voting begins at 7 a.m. - Girirajan, a bjp agent at the 8th Ward Al-Amin school in Melur municipality, announced that he would stop voting and walk out of the polling station as he continued to debate the removal of the hijab of Muslim women who had come to vote.

Following this, the other parties walked out of the polling station. This caused a stir for a while. Voting was suspended for about 30 minutes due to the incident.


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