To prevent girls from 'straying', Bihar panchayat bans jeans, mobiles
- 5 years ago
Gopalganj: A village panchayat in Bihar has banned girls from wearing jeans and using mobile phones claiming that they increase the chances of girls "going astray".
Confirming that such a diktat has been issued in Singha panchayat in Hathua block of the district, Hathua Block Development Officer Jitendra Kumar said the decision was taken at a general meeting of panchayat officials in which mukhiya Krishna Chaudhary and Sarpanch Vinay Kumar Shrivastav were present.
The village sarpanch said, " We brought this motion so that the girls are saved from western influence and they are moulded into our Indian ways of life. It'll be good."
"According to the panchayat decision, the ban will be enforced within its jurisdiction with mutual understanding and without any coercion," the BDO said.
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Confirming that such a diktat has been issued in Singha panchayat in Hathua block of the district, Hathua Block Development Officer Jitendra Kumar said the decision was taken at a general meeting of panchayat officials in which mukhiya Krishna Chaudhary and Sarpanch Vinay Kumar Shrivastav were present.
The village sarpanch said, " We brought this motion so that the girls are saved from western influence and they are moulded into our Indian ways of life. It'll be good."
"According to the panchayat decision, the ban will be enforced within its jurisdiction with mutual understanding and without any coercion," the BDO said.
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