The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) on Monday withdrew an order that barred girls candidates of a recruitment examination from carrying mangalsutras and sacred threads after it drew flak.
As per admission letters issued for the nursing superintendent examination, a Railways round barred entry to people carrying non secular symbols akin to sacred threads and mangalsutras, triggering outrage from Hindu organisations in addition to BJP leaders. The mangalsutra, a necklace with black beads and gold, is a sacred image of marriage worn by Hindu girls.
Brajesh Chowta, BJP MP for Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada constituency, took up the matter with Union Minister of State for Railways V Somanna. “Glad to tell that, after we introduced it to his consideration, Union Minister V Somanna has intervened and instructed authorities to not implement the removing of spiritual symbols and ornaments just like the Mangalsutra and Janivara for candidates showing for the Indian Railways ‘Nursing Superintendent’ examination,” he wrote on X.
ದಿನಾಂಕ 28, 29 ಮತ್ತು 30 ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 2025ರಂದು ರೈಲ್ವೆ ಇಲಾಖೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನೇಮಕಾತಿಗಾಗಿ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದೆ.
ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಜನಿವಾರ, ಮಾಂಗಲ್ಯ ಸೂತ್ರ ತೆಗೆದಿಟ್ಟು ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ ಬರೆಯಬೇಕೆಂಬ ವಿಷಯವನ್ನು ಪರೀಕ್ಷಾ ನಿಯಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಉಲ್ಲೇಖಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆಯೆಂಬ ದೂರುಗಳು ನನಗೆ ಬಂದಿದೆ.
ಈ ಬಗ್ಗೆ, ಸಂಸದರು, ಶಾಸಕರು ಇದನ್ನು ಸರಿಪಡಿಸುವಂತೆ ಮನವಿ…
— V. Somanna (@VSOMANNA_BJP) April 28, 2025
Initially, the banned record included ornaments, bangles, sacred threads, mangalsutras, and digital devices like cellphones, watches, Bluetooth gadgets, and calculators.
Somanna mentioned he had directed officers to not prohibit candidates from carrying sacred threads and mangalsutras.
The event follows an issue throughout a latest Karnataka’s Widespread Entrance Check (CET) the place sacred threads have been faraway from candidates earlier than they have been allowed to take a seat for the examination. Instances have been reported from Shivamogga, Bidar, and Dharwad that authorities had lower sacred threads or denied entry to college students who had refused to take away them.
Reacting to the recent controversy, Deputy Chief Minister D Ok Shivakumar criticised the BJP, which guidelines the Centre. “The BJP says one factor and does one other. It’s unsuitable to insist that candidates take away mangalsutras and janivaras for the examination. Such orders should be withdrawn,” he mentioned.
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