Representatives of Rajasthan state election commission - who have been entrusted with making residents aware of the mobile applications launched by the Election Commission of India (ECI) - are facing resentment from sections of a few communities, who don't want their women members to use mobile apps and social media due to the "stigma attached to it".
This comes at a time when the state government has distributed lakhs of smartphones to women residents through the Indira Gandhi Smart Phone Yojana just before the assembly elections. "When the government distributed the cellphones to women Jan Aadhaar card holders, there were no such resentment.
This comes at a time when the state government has distributed lakhs of smartphones to women residents through the Indira Gandhi Smart Phone Yojana just before the assembly elections. "When the government distributed the cellphones to women Jan Aadhaar card holders, there were no such resentment.