Make salwar kameez the school uniform for girls to prevent sexual harassment, says TRS MLA

A Telangana Rashtra Samiti MLA called for a strict dress code in order to curb sexual harassment in schools. MLA Konda Surekha said that school uniforms needed to be changed to salwar kameez, the Deccan Chronicle reported.

In the state assembly, Surekha proposed a solution to the problem of sexual harassment in schools. According to the report, she said that school uniforms should no longer be dresses, but should be changed to salwar kameez.

Konda Surekha, the legislator from the Warangal East constituency, was quoted as saying, "Salwar kameez should be replaced with short dresses as school uniform because it covers the entire body and also upkeeps modesty." 

Surekha was the Minister for Women Development and Child Welfare of undivided Andhra Pradesh in the YS Rajasekhara Reddy government.

She said that harassers should be debarred from attending school and strict action should be taken against them. She also called for penalising government employees accused of harassment.