Overview

• Speaking at Jananayak Chandrashekhar University’s convocation in Ballia on Oct. 8, Governor Anandiben Patel urged students, especially women, to avoid live-in relationships.
• She claimed that visiting orphanages would show the consequences, asserting that 15–20-year-old girls can be seen with one-year-old children.
• Patel alleged that men lure young women to hotels, father children, then abandon them, calling such behavior contrary to societal values.
• She referenced a judge’s explanation of the POCSO Act and said minors are sometimes involved, presenting this as a reason for her caution.
• Beyond social advice, she warned that exams would be canceled if attendance fails to reach 75% and voiced alarm over liquor and drug use in hostels, with no new policy actions reported.