UP Khap Panchayat Dictates Women To Not Wear Jeans, Men To Avoid Shorts

In a peculiar instance, a Khap panchayat in Pipalshah village of UP's Muzaffarnagar has banned jeans and shorts for women and men respectively as they represent western culture. The panchayat, predominant by Rajput community, also warned of social boycott if one is found violating the diktat. Community leader Thakur Puran Singh said, "We should wear our traditional clothes such as sarees, ghagra and salwar kameez". Moreover, the panchayat also opposed reservation rights for backward classes.