On Monday, instead of going into damage control mode or expressing any remorse for the incidents at BHU, the varsity’s VC Girish Chandra Tripathi vacillated between blaming ‘outsiders’ to stating that it was a case of ‘eve-teasing not molestation’. He also said that it was impossible to listen to ‘every girl’.
Here are some things he has since the incident took place to various media outlets:
1) Deliberately staged before PM’s visit
He told NDTV: “This was not a case of molestation, this was a simple case of eve teasing that was deliberately stage a day before the Prime Minister's visit.”
2) Issue created by outsiders
He was quoted saying by Indian Express: “This issue was created. I think this issue was created by outsiders and the shape it took is what is more unfortunate than the initial incident itself.”
3) Can’t assign a guard to every girl
This is such a big campus, anything can happen anywhere. We cannot assign a guard to every student.
4) Only members of AISA and SFI feel campus is unsafe
He also told IE: “No girl or student feels unsafe anywhere on campus. The only ones who always feel so are members of student bodies like AISA and SFI.
5) You’re a girl, why are you trying to be a boy?
When the girls complained to him about the incident, he reportedly told them according to The Telegraph: "Forget about what happened. Why don't you stop stepping out after 6pm if you dislike such things? You're a girl, don't try to become a boy (by moving around after sunset)."
6) No gender discrimination at BHU
There is no gender discrimination in hostels. For instance, what is the need for female students to access the cyber library when we have enabled WiFi in their hostels. Which university has a 24×7 library functional?
7) Can never have security at par for boys or girls
He was further quoted saying by IE: “Security for boys and girls can never be at par. If we are going to listen to every demand of every girl we won’t be able to run the university. All these rules are for their safety, all in favour of the girl students.”
