The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken cognizance in the matter regarding a security guard cutting women candidates’ sleeves at the Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) 2021 Prelims Examination Centre in Bikaner district in Rajasthan.
Rekha Sharma, chairperson, NCW, has written a letter to Niranjan Kumar Arya, Chief Secretary, Rajasthan demanding stringent actions against the people responsible for violating women’s right to live with dignity.
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“The National Commission for Women is appalled at the incident. It is utterly humiliating to make women go through such harassment, and the Commission strongly condemns the incident. The commission has taken Suo Moto cognizance in the matter,” the press release stated.
The commission added that it sought an explanation for why there was no female guard appointed to search women candidates at the examination centre. A copy of the letter has also been addressed to Rajasthan Public Service Commission’s chairperson.
National Commission for Women (NCW) takes cognisance of the incident where a male security guard was reportedly seen cutting the sleeves of a top worn by a female candidate outside an exam centre for RAS 2021 in Bikaner district, Rajasthan. pic.twitter.com/JVjfXRDQXf— ANI (@ANI) October 28, 2021
The incident came to light through an “outrageous” social media post shared by Rekha Sharma on Twitter. The post was a snapshot of a newspaper clip displaying a male security guard who is seen cutting the sleeves of a woman candidate with a scissor. Sharing the tweet, Rekha tagged Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and wrote, “How can they cut clothes of girls in the name of controlling cheating? This is atrocious.” She told Gehlot that he must stop this diktat.
How can they cut clothes of girls in the name of controling cheating? This is atrocious. @ashokgehlot51 you must stop this dictat. pic.twitter.com/AIFswZojpG— Rekha Sharma (@sharmarekha) October 28, 2021
After this, NCW took to Twitter to state that it has taken note of the incident and has written to the chief secretary of Rajasthan to take strict action against those responsible.
@NCWIndia has taken cognisance of the incident. Chairperson @sharmarekha has written to Chief Secretary, Rajasthan to take strict action against those responsible. NCW has also sought an explanation as to why no female guard was deputed for checking the female candidates. https://t.co/GS65FT9Y00— NCW (@NCWIndia) October 28, 2021
The incident reported by NCW is just one out of many that took place during the RAS 2021 Prelims examination.
This is how the RAS2021 exam was conducted. How insulting is it to let the authority tear your clothes at the very first instance on entering the ExamCentre in the name of rules and regulations.#RPSC #RAS2021 #rajasthanpolice #Rajasthannews #AshokGehlot #Rajasthangovernment pic.twitter.com/M43k3ybrr5— Muskan Sharma (@muskan_sharma98) October 27, 2021
The instruction circular clearly mentioned that candidates are not allowed to wear full sleeves, citing which, this action was taken by the security personnel deployed at the examination centre. Other measures were also taken by the Rajasthan Public Service Commission, which included, shutting down mobile internet services in the area.
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