New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane has written to Maharashtra Education Minister Dada Bhuse requesting that no student should be allowed to enter the 10th and 12th Maharashtra Board examination centres wearing 'Burqa'.

The BJP leader cited concerns about potential cheating.

Talking to ANI, Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane said, "Our government will not tolerate the politics of appeasement. The rules that are applicable to Hindu students, the same should apply to Muslim students as well."

"Those who want to wear a burqa or hijab can wear it at their homes but at the examination centres, they should write their exams like other students. There have been incidents of cheating and copying in the cases where students wer...