Bengaluru, May 14 -- Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday clarified that saffron shawls would not be allowed in educational institutions, a day after the Congress government issued orders allowing students to wear limited traditional and faith-based attire such as hijabs and turbans along with their prescribed uniforms in schools and pre-university colleges across the state.

The directive issued on Wednesday by the Department of School Education and Literacy revoked a controversial 2022 order issued by the previous Bharatiya Janata Party government that had, in effect, barred the wearing of hijabs in schools and colleges. The move reignited political debate in the state, with the BJP accusing the Congress government of under...