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Kochi/Hyderabad, Oct 14 (Maxim News): A two day holiday was declared by the management of a private school run by a Christian management in Palluruthy, Kochi, after a dispute with the parents of a Class 8 student of the school over her wearing a hijab.

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The parents of the student were supported by the pro-islamist political party Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), and the party’s members misbehaved with the school authorities, who are mostly Christian nns, a school PTA official alleged.

The SDPI is yet to respond to these allegations. The controversy came to light after a letter released by St. Rita’s Public School Principal Sister Helena RC went viral on social media. In this letter, it was stated that the school had decla

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