A burqa-wearing candidate at a NEET-UG re-examination centre in Ajmer, Rajasthan, on Sunday 2026-06-21 alleged that she was prevented from entering the examination venue unless she removed her burqa and dupatta. The candidate, Kulsum Bano, who had travelled from Beawar to appear for the medical entrance test, claimed she was wearing the same attire as during her previous attempt on May 3. "I have come from Beawar to take the NEET exam. When I took the exam on May 3rd, I was in the same attire then as I am now: wearing a burqa and a dupatta," she said.
Bano alleged that she was first asked to remove her dupatta to enter the centre, but officials later insisted that she also remove her burqa.
"Initially, they said I would have to remove the dupatta to enter; then they insisted I had to remove the burqa as well. If the NTA has permitted us, these people cannot stop us," she said.
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