Lucknow, May 22 -- With less than a year to go for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, the Yogi Adityanath government, which has been in power for over nine years, is "introducing mandatory dress code" for nearly 49 lakh students pursuing higher studies in various universities and degree colleges across the state.

A day after governor Anandiben Patel called for introducing uniforms in all universities and colleges of the state, higher education minister Yogendra Upadhyay announced that in accordance with the directives of the governor, adherence to a dress code will be made mandatory in all universities and colleges across the state.

He said that, wherever feasible, a uniform dress code will be implemented in every educational institution...