<p>Continuing its campaign against the gender-neutral initiatives at schools in Kerala, a senior leader of the Indian Union Muslim League has said that allowing boys and girls sit together in schools will create problems.</p>.<p>IUML state general secretary P M A Salam made the controversial remark as a sequel to a remark of party senior leader and MLA M K Muneer the other day that gender neutrality measures could lead to sexual exploitations of minor boys.</p>.<p>Salam told reporters that students would lose attention in studies if girls and boys were made to sit together in classrooms.</p>.<p>The state government was trying to enforce gender neutrality measures in schools. The government would be urged to keep off from it, he said.</p>.<p>Muneer had made controversial statements earlier also.</p>.<p><strong>Male attire imposed</strong></p>.<p>He asked why male attire was being imposed on female as part of gender neutrality and why not males were asked to wear female attire.</p>.<p>He also asked if Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan would wear sari and blouse.</p>.<p>Muslim outfits in Kerala had recently taken open stand against the gender-neutral measures as the state government was considering introducing gender neutral uniforms and converting separate schools for boys and girls to mixed ones.</p>.<p>Following pressure from the Muslim outfits the state government even recently announced that it had no plans to introduce gender neutral uniforms in all<br />schools.</p>
<p>Continuing its campaign against the gender-neutral initiatives at schools in Kerala, a senior leader of the Indian Union Muslim League has said that allowing boys and girls sit together in schools will create problems.</p>.<p>IUML state general secretary P M A Salam made the controversial remark as a sequel to a remark of party senior leader and MLA M K Muneer the other day that gender neutrality measures could lead to sexual exploitations of minor boys.</p>.<p>Salam told reporters that students would lose attention in studies if girls and boys were made to sit together in classrooms.</p>.<p>The state government was trying to enforce gender neutrality measures in schools. The government would be urged to keep off from it, he said.</p>.<p>Muneer had made controversial statements earlier also.</p>.<p><strong>Male attire imposed</strong></p>.<p>He asked why male attire was being imposed on female as part of gender neutrality and why not males were asked to wear female attire.</p>.<p>He also asked if Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan would wear sari and blouse.</p>.<p>Muslim outfits in Kerala had recently taken open stand against the gender-neutral measures as the state government was considering introducing gender neutral uniforms and converting separate schools for boys and girls to mixed ones.</p>.<p>Following pressure from the Muslim outfits the state government even recently announced that it had no plans to introduce gender neutral uniforms in all<br />schools.</p>