A war of words has broken out between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) after a video of women security guards checking students before entering a Telangana State Public Service Commission exam centre in Adilabad went viral on Wednesday. In the video, the guard is seen instructing a student to open and remove earrings, bangles and Mangalsutra before entering the examination hall.
Sharing the video, BJP leader Priti Gandhi alleged that "Hindu" women were asked to remove their Mangalsutra while "Burqa was allowed".
Taking to Twitter, Gandhi shared a split video of Hindu women removing their jewellery while Burqa-clad women were entering the examination centre.
"The state government conducted the TSPSC Group-1 exam on October 16 across the state. This happened yesterday at a Group-1 examination centre in Telangana. Burqa is allowed but earrings, bangles and payal must be removed. Height of appeasement. Shameful indeed," Gandhi wrote. The video was titled "Secularism in India".