Overview
- Students at MBC Girls College in Barmer protested an examination fee increase, blocked a road, and demanded a meeting with District Collector Tina Dabi.
- Video from the protest shows some participants calling Dabi a “reel star,” fueling a broader online flare-up and drawing reactions from ABVP figures and politicians.
- Police and district officials maintain no arrests or cases were recorded, saying four male students were taken to Kotwali station for talks and then released.
- Dabi says the matter falls under the University of Jodhpur, whose vice-chancellor assured students the hike would be withdrawn, and she called the controversy a bid for virality.
- The incident continued to trend, with Google searches for “IAS Tina Dabi” rising and her Instagram receiving a wave of “reel star” comments.