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Shashi Tharoor Helps Physically Challenged Woman Who Cleared UPSC To Get Preferred Service

September 6, 2023
The Commune

In May 2023, Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram posted a congratulatory message on social media platform X, about two physically challenged students who cleared the civil services exams. He wrote, “Congratulations to two physically challenged students, Kajal Raju from Kasargode (L, in sari) & Sherin Shahana of Wayanad (R, in wheelchair), both part of HyderAli Shihab Thangal Academy, Perinthalmanna, under the KREA project of Najib Kantapuram MLA, who made it to the civil services through the UPSC exams!”

In July 2023, however, he said that Sherin Shahana had not been allocated any specific service because of limited quotas for people in her situation. He said, “Met with Sherin Shahana, the disabled Kerala woman from Wayanad who had made national news when she cracked the UPSC exams. She has been devastated not to be allocated a specific service because of limited quotas for people in her situation in the various services. I have taken up the matter with Dr Jitendra Singh who has promised to be helpful.”

Sherin Shahana, a 27-year-old from Wayanad who was a victim of domestic abuse and a paralysed body had been confined to a wheelchair from the age of 21 after a fall from the roof terrace. She cracked the civil services exams this year and secured the 913th rank. However, she was not allotted a service allegedly due to limited quotas for the physically challenged.

When the matter was taken up with Shashi Tharoor, he reached out to Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister in-charge of Department of Personnel & Traning. In just a matter of a month, Shashi Tharoor revealed that Sherin Shahana was allotted the Indian Railway Management Service cadre. In a rare display of political decency and respect, he congratulated Dr Jitendra Singh for his magnanimity. He wrote on X, “Delighted to report that after my interventions and discussions with PMOIndia minister Dr Jitendra Singh, Sherin Shahana has been allotted the Indian Railway Management Service cadre. It’s a victory for compassion and for the rights of the differently-abled. I congratulate my friend the Minister for the magnanimity and sagaciousness with which he handled this complicated problem and found a humane resolution. #GoodNews”

On this issue, netizens tweeted that on the ground, Shashi Tharoor is a very approachable MP and listens to his constituents with a keen ear. 

The Lone Sane Voice In Congress Party

While Congress MP and former party chief Rahul Gandhi makes it a point always to badmouth India whenever he goes abroad, Shashi Tharoor is that one sane voice in the entire party that has always spoken in support of the country.

He has spoken against the British on their very soil every single lambasting the colonial rule. He has voiced his objections to the museums housing Indian artifacts and refers to them as “stolen” every single time he speaks.

He has also pointed out the fact that British children do not study their true history. 

On Churchill, The Bengal Famine & The Loot

While the British are quick to dismiss any allegations about their former Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Shashi Tharoor takes on them by doling out facts about the tragic Bengal famine and the reasons for it.

 

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