JIND : A day after the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha demanded that girls be banned from wearing jeans, the right-wing outfit on Monday said it never demanded a ban on jeans but half-jeans ( capris ).

“We are not against girls wearing jeans but we are against girls wearing skimpy clothes,” state spokesperson of Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) Lalit Bhardwaj said.

He was responding to a question from reporters based on the statement of the girls to a TV channel saying if they had not worn jeans, they would not have been able to protect themselves.

The outfit had on Sunday demanded that a dress code be introduced in schools and colleges and mobile phones be banned on their premises “to check increasing obscenity”.

“The attire should cover the body and not be indecent. Moreover girls should be banned from wearing tight jeans and tops,” state vice president of ABHM Dharmapal Siwach had told reporters.

This came even as the Sarva Jatiya Dadan Khap will also felicitate the two girls with ‘ Rani Lakshmibai Award ’ for their courage.

