Satna, in Madhya Pradesh, is now embroiled in a Hijab row

Hijab controversy has hit another college, this time in Madhya Pradesh after erupting in a pre-university college in Karnataka.

An M.Com student from the Satna district of Madhya Pradesh, Rukshana Khan, appeared in the exam wearing a hijab on Saturday at an autonomous Post Graduate college, sparking controversy.

Meanwhile, other groups, including ABVP members, came in opposition against the woman's wearing the burqa.

"All the students are strictly told that they will be allowed only in proper uniform and face masks in the college examination. But she (Rukshana Khan) arrived wearing hijab-burqa. She has given a written undertaking that she will come in the college only in uniform," Shivesh Pratap Singh said.

Inder Singh Paramar, school education minister in Madhya Pradesh, triggered the controversy by supporting an end to hijab in schools and with an announcement that a new dress code will be strictly enforced from the next academic year.

Muslim federal leaders opposed the minister's remarks and said they would oppose any ban on hijab-burqas proposed by the government.

Prior to Friday's namaz (prayer), Bhopal Qazi Syed Mushtaq Ali Nadvi urged women to wear the hijab-burqa. He said he is making this appeal because women have stopped wearing it, and he asked other clerics to speak in the mosques on this issue.

However, later Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra said that the state government has no proposal to ban hijab-burqa in educational institutions in the state