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Yogi Adityanath's anti-Romeo squad: UP college principal says boyfriends against 'Indian culture'

She said girls came to college to study.

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As the outrage continues over Yogi Adityanath’s anti-Romeo squads, a college principal in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh said that young women in India should not have boyfriends. Sneha Gupta, the principal of Raghunath College came out in support of the anti-Romeo squads. Voicing her support for moral policing, she said that girls come to college to study and should not waste their time. She told News 18: “We have a ban on cell phones in our college. The problem was that students would leave after their boyfriends called them on their phones. Even our Indian society doesn't accept that you have come to study and you leave with your boyfriend." 

She, however, added that members of the the anti-Romeo squad should not bother relatives of students. 

UP state government defends anti-Romeo squads

Amidst concerns over the setting up of anti-Romeo squads, Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik said that "stirring controversies" from day one is not proper and the newly elected government should be allowed to fulfil its poll promises. 

"Stirring controversies over a new government's moves is not proper. We should be giving some time to the new government. It has come to power with a huge mandate and must be allowed to fulfil the promises made during elections, be it those relating to law and order or corruption or education," Naik told reporters.

He was replying to questions about complaints of harassment against policemen constituting the anti-Romeo squads set up by the newly elected Yogi Adityanath government.

In its manifesto for the UP assembly polls, the BJP had promised setting up of "anti Romeo squads" to tackle the problem.

The Adityanath government is yet to issue any order but the UP police has already set up such squads with cops in plain clothes keeping a vigil at public places and hauling up those suspected of misbehaving with women.

There have, however, been some complaints of young couples being harassed by cops apart from concerns that the move could spawn moral policing.

With inputs from PTI

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