OSCW Calls for Allowing ‘Ladies First’ Policy during Bus Boarding

The Odisha State Commission for Women (OSCW) has ordered the Transport department to allow women to board buses first, in order to put an end to a superstitious belief. The OSCW received a complaint stating that bus staff in Odisha were preventing women from boarding first, believing it would bring bad luck. The commission found this practice to be irrational and discriminatory. A social worker named Ghasiram Panda filed the complaint, citing an incident at Baramunda bus stand in Bhubaneswar.