Actresses Swara Bhasker and Richa Chadha have called the ongoing hijab row in Karnataka a shameful state of affairs. They shared videos of Hindu students donning saffron scarves to protest Muslim students wearing hijabs. Swara tweeted, "Apartheid/ segregation waali feeling aayi (Got the feeling of apartheid/ segregation)." Richa wrote, "What poor upbringing. No sympathy...I spit on your kind."