Girls driven out of hostel at SD College, Chandigarh

One noted the irony of a high court observation - coming only a day earlier - insisting on a child-parent like relationship between an institution and its students when scores of SD College hostel girls found themselves displaced on Wednesday because of a personal function of principal AC Vaid.

"We were told that the principal's daughter was getting married on November 27 and his relatives would be adjusted in our rooms," said a girl who naturally didn't want to be named.

According to sources, some 55 girls staying on the hostel's ground floor - with 15 rooms and housing 230 students - were asked to leave the hostel by college authorities until Sunday. "We have been asked either to adjust with girls staying on the first and second floors or with local guardians. With exams beginning on Monday, things have become very difficult," added another girl.

High-handedness of college officials did not end there. "A three-day holiday has also been announced because of the wedding which is on Saturday," said a BA-II year student.

Asking students to be in attendance for the entertainment of guests, they have reportedly been told to prepare gidha, jago and other dance items for the sangeet to be held on November 28 within the college premises.

Parents were naturally a worried lot when they came to know of their daughter's plight. "We are worried about the security of our girls as they will now be sharing the hostel mess with unknown visitors," said an anxious parent.

However, Vaid denied holding a family function on the hostel premises. "Students have been asked to vacate their rooms as we will be provide them with a recreational centre on the ground floor. There is no plan to accommodate my relatives in the hostel."

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