Kerala College Students Dance Together In Viral Video Reminding Us Of Unity In Diversity

The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath made headlines on the eve of the first phase of polling in the state. Aditiyanath in his video address to the voters of Uttar Pradesh counted all the achievements of his government over the past five years and said that if BJP is voted out of the state then it will become like Kerala, Kashmir and West Bengal.

The statement was met with much flak on social media. The Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan responded to the statement made by UP CM and wrote, "If UP turns into Kerala as Yogi Adityanath fears, it will enjoy the best education, health services, social welfare, living standards and have a harmonious society in which people won't be murdered in the name of religion and caste. That's what the people of UP would want". Various members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) also responded with facts about both Kerala and Uttar Pradesh states and highlighted how the former has better governance.

UP CM On Kerala Remark And Viral Video Of Kerala College Students Dancing Together:

Along with the opposition parties, many social media users also reacted to Adityanath's statement. A video recently went viral on Twitter in which female students of a college in Kerala were seen dancing to a popular Malayali song. The students dancing together were all dressed in a saree with some of them wearing a hijab. Author Mini Nair shared the video on her timelines and wrote, "This is what the CM of UP is afraid of. Our youth in colleges are like this!!"

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Many social media users connected the video and shared it on their timelines. So far the video has garnered almost 20 thousand likes and over four thousand retweets. Many notable personalities of Kerala state commented the video about it makes them proud. Other users also praised the heartwarming video.

The video also hold significance in terms of the current hijab row going on in Karnataka where female students were ousted from college for wearing hijab. As per the recent rules by the state, students can enter the college campus wearing hijab but cannot sit wearing it in classrooms. The Muslim students who did not agree with the rule staged protests and demanded for the rule to be changed. Some students also staged counter protests when they showed up in campus wearing saffron scarves against the hijabs.

The Karnataka High Court has been hearing the petitions filed by the protesting students and will resume the hearing on February 14.

Watch the viral video of Kerala college students here. 

Feature Image credit: Mini Nair/Twitter