No Shorts, Jeans Or Skirts, Khap's Dress Code In Muzaffarnagar, Threatens Boycott For Violators
We are living in 2021 and still in some parts of the country kangaroo courts will decide what one can eat, drink, wear, or marry.
Despite the SC making it clear that such parallel judicial systems have no place or authority, they continue to be influential, especially in states like Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
A Kshatriya Panchayat at the Peepalshah village in Muzaffarnagar district has banned young boys and men from wearing half pants and shorts, while girls have been banned from wearing skirts and jeans.
Social boycott if no adherence
The Panchayat has said that those who defy the ban will face social boycott.
Members of the Kshatriya community from more than a dozen villages participated in the Panchayat that was held on Tuesday evening.
Thakur Puran Singh, who presided over the Panchayat, said that when tradition and culture are destroyed, the society also gets destroyed.
"You do not need guns to destroy a culture. Deviating from a tradition will destroy the culture on its own. From today, no young boy or man should be seen wearing half pants or shorts. If anyone flouts the Panchayat's diktat, he will have to face punishment from the Panchayat," he said.
Thakur Puran Singh said that while it was good that girls were opting for higher education, they should take care to dress as per tradition.
The Panchayat also stated that consumption of liquor should be avoided during the upcoming Panchayat elections. The Panchayat also opposed reservation of seats in the Panchayat polls.
In October 2020, a Khap in Muzaffarnagar had issued a similar order and banned men from wearing half pants in public.?
While the Khap said it is not an order, it also stated that if someone is spotted in the shorts, his name and address will be noted and action will be taken against him.
