With the recent mandate released by the Government of Chandigarh imposing certain restrictions and a new set of laws for discotheques, it has come under the fury of social media yet again when a certain point in the article was misinterpreted into a full blown issue.
The point in question read as follows:
h) Any exhibition or advertisement whether by way of posters or in the newspapers, photographs of scantily dressed women.
Chandigarh soon started trending on Twitter, and the reactions are downright hilarious.
(Spoilers: Lots of Burqa jokes)
1. When instant comparisons were made to Bollywood classics.
Zeenat Aman: "Where are you going?"
Dharmendra: "Getting the hell out of Chandigarh" pic.twitter.com/2ZUhdoSnsK
— Akshar (@AksharPathak) April 20, 2016
2. When everyone chimed in on the perfect disco dress code.
https://twitter.com/SahilBulla/status/722717675592527872
3. When there was a more important issue than the ban.
https://twitter.com/SahilBulla/status/722714416421158913
4. When the usual culprits were immediately called out.
Chandigarh's government has a disco policy? They may also have an anthem written by Yo Yo Honey Singh or Mika
— Madhavan Narayanan (@madversity) April 20, 2016
5. When this guy had zero chill about anyone.
https://twitter.com/khaana_khaaya/status/722748034438668288
6. When burqas were the only solution.
Chandigarh girls dancing in a pub after administration banned wearing of 'revealing' clotheshttps://t.co/HODkMtWgzP pic.twitter.com/3JlAtJCbwI
— Akash Banerjee (@TheDeshBhakt) April 20, 2016
7. When the “best” Bollywood films were just waiting to be referenced.
https://twitter.com/Atheist_Krishna/status/722741627840831488
8. When Udta Punjab was also slid into the scene.
Chandigarh bans short skirts so that they don't distract young Punjabi men. Because, young Punjabi men should be focussed only on drugs.
— Quarantine Tippler (@MrTippler) April 20, 2016
9. When this clip of Baba Ramdev and Shilpa Shetty appears everywhere.
https://twitter.com/pankajmishra23/status/722739678202372096
10. When Bollywood GIFs won the day again.
What to expect when you go to a Disco in #Chandigarh pic.twitter.com/xpo9acyWzP
— Disha Seth (@dseth03) April 20, 2016
11. When new proverbs were made.
Chandigarh: Where the hem is haw. https://t.co/M58uMX8BwN
— Mitali Saran (@mitalisaran) April 20, 2016
12. When saree clad women fit in perfectly in this Twitter war.
Fully clad chics flaunting entry passes outside a discotheque in Chandigarh. #SkirtBan pic.twitter.com/dAbRmGHi5E
— Rofl Gandhi 2.0 (@RoflGandhi_) April 20, 2016
13. When Burqa jokes never ran out.
"It's the time to disco" #Chandigarh pic.twitter.com/VnVzMqLpcD
— Restored (@brumbyoz) April 20, 2016
14. When Yo Yo Honey Singh was called out for his faults.
https://twitter.com/Roflindian/status/722733618242584576
15. When Ramesh Srivats won the day with his tweets.
Chandigarh should set up a Department (for) Investigation (of) Scanty Clothing Offences.
Good acronym.— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) April 20, 2016
16. Seriously, look at him fire away.
Waiting for Chandigarh to put new rules for field-placing in Mohali –
If you have a fine leg, you should also have a cover and extra cover.— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) April 20, 2016
17. Way to go, Ramesh!
Chandigarh's new disco rules: no 'scantily-dressed women,' no guns.
Basically, no legs and no arms.— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) April 20, 2016
18. And another Burqa joke.
Lets Party Ppl #Chandigarh
Hope its fine now 🙂 pic.twitter.com/y8nStwploW— Richa Srivastava (@Richa529) April 20, 2016
19. When other issues were also made fun of, because why not?
Chandigarh bans scantily-clad women in clubs. Just a ploy to get the entire city to subscribe to Times of India.
— Ripper (@Ace_Of_Pace) April 20, 2016
20. When this startling revelation happened.
The news from Chandigarh is shocking. People still go to discotheques?
— Overrated Outcast (@over_rated) April 20, 2016
21. When Baba Ramdev just couldn’t catch a break.
Future scene – Of Chandigarh discotheque 😝 Sp Police is teaching the girls ,how to do disco ,free of cost
Namo Namo pic.twitter.com/aokQzmYao7— CANeha (@Nk3010Neha) April 20, 2016
22. When bans went really out of hand.
Chandigarh set to ban short skirts
Also Ban
Short Hair
Short Films
Short Shirts
Short Cuts
Short Kiss— Citizen Cop (@citizencops) April 20, 2016
23. Really guys, why ban all the good stuff?
Mini skirts banned for being anti-national in Chandigarh?
Might as well ban Discos and fairy tales and cartoons and ice cream.#Chandigarh— Amrtansh Arora (@AmrtanshArora) April 20, 2016
24. When mankind’s angel saved the day yet again.
https://twitter.com/ShirishKunder/status/722754781064790017
25. When sanskaar was blamed. HAWW!!
https://twitter.com/abiramiramesh99/status/722754413547261954
As always, Twitter has once again found the lighter side of yet another social issue.
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