RAS 2021 live updates: male guard cut the side of the female candidate's clothes in Rajasthan
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has condemned the incident of cutting off the top of a female candidate by a male guard outside an examination centre in Bikaner, Rajasthan, and demanded strict action from the state government. Citing a photograph from an examination centre in Bikaner, the NCW asked the Rajasthan government to take strict action against those responsible for violating women's right to live with dignity and asked that women candidates be screened. Why were women security guards not deployed?
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has sought an explanation as to why there were reported no female guards deputed to search women candidates at the centre for the Rajasthan Administrative Services exam.
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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 commission said in a statement that it has come to their notice through reports that a male guard cut off the top side of a female candidate outside an examination centre in the Rajasthan Administrative Services examination. The NCW said the Women's Commission is concerned about the alleged incident. It is disrespectful to any woman. The Commission strongly condemns this. The Commission has taken suo moto cognizance of the matter. The National Commission for Women is appalled at the reported incident. It is utterly humiliating to make women go through such harassment and NCW strongly condemns the shameful incident. The Commission has taken suo moto cognisance in the matter,” read a press note released by the NCW
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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 Chairperson of the Women's Commission, Rekha Sharma, wrote a letter to the Chief Secretary of the state saying that strict action should be taken against those responsible in this matter. The commission has also sought an explanation as to why no lady guard was appointed at the examination centre to frisk female candidates.
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Earlier in the day, NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma posted a tweet along with a newspaper clip that published a picture of Bikaner, which showed a security guard cutting off the sleeves of a female candidate's dress. He wrote, "How can they cut girls' clothes in the name of curbing imitation? This is torture. Ashok Gehlot You have to stop this dictatorship."
Even though the NCW is talking about only one incident, there were several such incidents across the state on Wednesday during the RAS preliminary exam. Reportedly, the candidates were told that they would not be allowed to wear full-sleeved clothes during the exam. This was done to prevent copying and security guards outside several examination centres cut off the entire sleeves of the clothes worn by female candidates.
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However, photographs of other such incidents suggest that the sleeves of women's clothes were mostly cut by women security guards elsewhere. In recent times, the Rajasthan government is taking strict measures to prevent cheating in the examinations. In this regard, the government had shut down mobile internet services, social media and messaging platforms so that the candidates could not misuse it.
It is noteworthy that the RAS Preliminary Examination was conducted by Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) on Wednesday (October 27, 2021). The examination was conducted under all the COVID-19 guidelines issued by the Central and State Governments regarding the Corona pandemic.