Chandigarh, May 12, 2023 (PPI-OT): The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, has barred 36 nursing students from leaving the hostel for a week after they skipped a session where Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 100th episode of Mann ki Baat radio programme was broadcast last month. The PGIMER authorities had issued a written order stating that all nursing students from National Institute of Nursing Education (NINE) should participate in the event in the campus, where the Mann ki Baat address was broadcast on April 30.

However, 28 third-year nursing students and eight first-year nursing students did not listen to Modi’s radio address. When they did not provide any reason for not attending the session, PGIMER authorities asked them not to leave the hostel for a week. A statement issued by PGIMER said authorities took action against the 36 nursing students as they did not give any reason for skipping the event. The institute said the issue should not be “given any other connotation or blown out of proportion in the larger public interest”.

Meanwhile, Manoj Lubana, state president of Chandigarh Youth Congress, in a statement, described the issue as a dictatorial decision. He said the intention of the PGI is to punish and harass the 36 girl students and that the action has been taken under pressure from the administration.

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