Protesting a fee hike outside Barmer’s Maharana Bhupal College on Saturday, students sought to meet IAS officer Tina Dabi. Situation escalated after an official described her as a ‘role model’.
IAS officer Tina Dabi, known for being the first Dalit to top the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination in 2015, has dismissed allegations that college students protesting against examination fees in Rajasthan’s Barmer were detained for calling the IAS officer a “reel star”.
Speaking to NDTV, Dabi said the protesting students were creating a “nuisance” by blocking the road and that they were taken to a police station for talks.
“No one ever got arrested or even detained. Some students, despite the fee hike issue being resolved, were blocking the road and trying to create a nuisance. They were taken to a police station by my subordinates for talks and cooling down. They then left two hours later, and the issue on the ground was dead,” she said.
What actually happened?
The events unfolded when college students demonstrating against the examination fee hike outside Barmer’s Maharana Bhupal College (MBC) on Saturday expressed a desire to meet Dabi. The situation escalated when an official referred to the IAS officer as a “role model” for them.
Some members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) — a BJP-backed student body — refuted the official’s remark and asserted that she was more “interested in making reels” rather than paying attention to pivotal issues.
“The Collector is not a role model. If she were, she would have come here to listen to the demands of the students. She is a reel star, goes everywhere to make reels, but does not pay attention to our problems,” they said.
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