After an uproar on news report about Chandigarh administration imposing a ban on mini-skirts at discotheques, UT Home Secretary Anurag Agarwal on Wednesday clarified that no dress code has been prescribed in the Controlling of Places of Public Amusement policy 2016.
Trashing the news report, Agarwal said that there is no mention of dress code in the policy. He further said that the policy has been misinterpreted and the news has created wrong impression about City Beautify.
Bizarre stand by the administration!! I do hope our honourable Member of Parliament @KirronKherBJP will intervene! https://t.co/vZc3VH7Bpv
— Gul Panag (@GulPanag) April 20, 2016
“We have not banned miniskirts. No such dress code has been prescribed in the policy framed by the Chandigarh administration recently,” said home secretary of the Union Territory, Anurag Agarwal.
Babus in Centre ruled Chandigarh will now decide which skirt is fit for city's women when they go to a disco or pub. This is outrageous.
— Ashish Khetan (@AashishKhetan) April 20, 2016
“The news item has distorted the whole policy by picking up words and phrases from different part of the policy and have tried to create sensational news. Chandigarh is a modern city and administration can never thing of taking such absurd decision,” he added.
Why only ban short skirts, ban girls #chandigarh #shortskirts
— Nandita Jha (@nanditajha5) April 20, 2016
Hundreds of users on Twitter and Facebook ridiculed the administration and charged it with sexism after a national daily reported that women in miniskirts won’t be allowed into discothèques in Chandigarh. But Agarwal said the official policy was misrepresented.
