Jaipur, February 12: In an incident in Rajasthan since the hijab controversy broke out in Karnataka, students wearing burqa were allegedly stopped by staff of a private college near Jaipur from entering the institution’s premises, said officials.

Another student alleged that the administration told them that those wearing burqa will not be allowed to attend classes and also threatened that they will be issued transfer certificates.

However, the college administration said that the students came in burqa for the first time - a claim that was contradicted by students, who insist they have always been wearing burqa to college.

Rajendra Sharma, director and owner of the college, said, “We have a uniform and dress code in the college — salwar for girls and shirt-pant for boys. Some girls arrived today wearing burqas, around 5-10 of them. Yesterday too, some of them had come in burqa and we had warned them from doing so. This is the first time that students wore burqa. We have no objection to hijab or headscarves but the issue was about burqa. When we objected, they insisted that they would wear burqas. Later, some people arrived and started sloganeering.”