Mumbai: JJ medical students protest 'no short skirts' diktat

Updated On: 25 March, 2019 07:36 AM IST | Mumbai | Agencies

Dean Dr Chandanwale said, "We expect female students to dress approriately. This alone was my message to them. There was some ruckus during Holi celebrations, so we decided to take strict measures."

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The students protested saying the diktat encroaches on their right to dress as they want

Women students of the state-run JJ Hospital's Grant Medical College on Sunday protested against what they claimed was an attempt at moral policing by authorities, through a diktat asking them not to wear "short skirts" and to sit separately from male counterparts during events.

The authorities came up with these instructions after a Holi event on March 21 in the campus of the reputed medical institution witnessed ruckus and unruly scenes by some youth. The protesting students on Sunday wore ankle-length clothes and covered their faces to show their resentment towards the circular with the diktat from authorities.