Students stage dharna against ‘Talibani’ diktat on Bhopal MANIT girl students by college administration:

Bhopal August 5: Girl students of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology here on Friday protested against the administration’s order on dress code and hostel timings.

Speaking to the media one of the girl students said, “We attend our college from 9 am-5 pm, then we go for out coaching classes. The coaching classes end late and if we don’t return to the college by 9:30 pm, we are not allowed by the authorities to go our hostel rooms and instead are forced to sleep in lobby area.”

The girl named Harsha further said the same rule doesn’t apply on the boys.

Another protesting student Shivangi said, “We should be allowed to wear dresses in which we feel comfortable, it is 21st century.”

Another reason for the unrest was the college’s Taliban-style order of barring the girl students from wearing miniskirts and shorts in the campus.

While the management is of the view that in order to maintain the decorum it is necessary for the girls to abide by the guidelines set by it. The management says that the guidelines have been set up so that the atmosphere of the institute does not get spoiled.

MANIT Counsel of Warden NP Patidar said that the management is considering the demands of the girl students.

Notably, as per the new provisions the MANIT girl students have been stopped from wearing small dresses on the institute campus, dining area and in hostel office. In these places girls have been prohibited from wearing skirts, shorts and other small dresses.

If found flouting these guidelines the girls would have to face disciplinary action and they would be fired out of the hostel.

The students dressed in shorts had staged a dharna on Thursday challenging the authorities to take action against them.