36 Nursing Students Punished For Not Attending PM Modi's Mann Ki Baat Program

36 nursing students were prohibited for one week from leaving their hostel as punishment. The punishment was served to the students as a result of their failure to appear at the official gathering to hear Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 100th Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast on April 30.

The punishment order was issued on May 3 by the National Institute of Nursing Education, which is a division of the Chandigarh-based Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), a central government-run institution. At the PGIMER, Saryu D. Madra, a consultant (media) announced the punishment.

For first-year and third-year students, participation in the program was previously deemed "compulsory" by the institute. The hostel warden had informed the students that if they disobeyed the order, their outing would be canceled. However, 28 third-year students and 8 first-year students were absent and did not attend PM Modi's Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast.

Meanwhile, Saryu D. Madra said that this is the routine punishment of the institute that was given to 36 students as a punishment. In response to the question, who decides the punishment, Madra added that the punishment was decided by the principal. Sukhpal Kaur, the principal, declined to comment and asked to connect to the PRO and the director forgettingthe right information, reported The Telegraph.

The PGIMER clarified on Thursday night that nursing students would not be allowed to go on an evening outing if they did not attend the "Mann Kee (sic) Baat" program. It stated that the college officials took action against some of the students since they failed to provide a valid excuse for their absence and skipped the event that had been planned for them in a lecture hall.

Meanwhile, former members of Delhi University's executive council Rajesh Jha and Abha Dev Habib condemned the nursing college's decision as a violation of the student's fundamental rights. They emphasized that such programs cannot be forced on pupils. They claimed that skipping the event couldn't be viewed as indiscipline.

Though there was a slight overreaction on the part of the college administration, the concerned party had already received word of the PGIMER administration's unhappiness.

In the clarification, it was requested that the situation "not be interpreted in any other way or exaggerated.