Bhopal: Upset over dress code, hostel timing MANIT students stage protest

Bhopal, Aug 5: Upset over dress code and hostel timing, girl students of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) staged protest here on Friday.

Institution authorities directed girl students to reach hostel by 9.30 pm daily while boys have been exempted from such kind of rule.

Apart from hostel timing, girl students were allegedly asked not to wear shorts and skirts in the campus.

"We are not allowed inside hostel post 9:30 p.m. We have college from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., we go for coaching directly from there. Coaching class ends late, we get so tired. We are forced to sleep in lobby area if we don't make it by 9:30 p.m. However, the same rule is not same for boys," a student named Harsha told ANI.

"Coaching class ends late, we get so tired, are forced to sleep in lobby area if we don't make it by 9:30PM,rule is not same for boys," added she.

"Dress code should be according to our comfort. Why should we listen to others? Why shouldn't we wear shorts? This is 21st century," another student named Shivangi told ANI.

MP: Girls of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology protest over dress code & hostel timings, in Bhopal pic.twitter.com/mhcDTBBUpD

— ANI (@ANI_news) August 5, 2016

We are not allowed inside hostel post 9:30PM. We have college from 9AM-5PM, we go for coaching directly from there: Harsha, Student

— ANI (@ANI_news) August 5, 2016

Coaching class ends late, we get so tired, are forced to sleep in lobby area if we don't make it by 9:30PM,rule is not same for boys: Harsha

— ANI (@ANI_news) August 5, 2016

Dress code wo ho jisme hum comfortable hon, hum dusron ki kyun sune? Kyun na pehne shorts? 21st century hai-Shivangi pic.twitter.com/N65sOJRcWY

— ANI (@ANI_news) August 5, 2016

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