Indian Railways — train no: 12970 jaipur-coimbatore express-ladies compartment board-but working as general

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Chennai, Tamil Nadu

I'm travelling in train no 12970 jaipur coimbatore express today from chennai and got into ladies compartment at the rear end of the train since there was only one ladies compartment at the end. When i got in to the compartment i saw a big crowd of gents and ladies. Gents had occupied most of the seats in upper and lower births. I asked them to give seat for my mother and myself and informed them that it is ladies compartment. They argued that its not. I asked them to look at the board. Then they said even if its written as ladies its not meant for only ladies and they refused to get up. I called the rpf toll free number and talked to one person he asked me to check for a guard and i gave the phone to a guard who was passing by. They talked each other for a while. I conveyed him the issue and he asked me to adjust as there is no ladies in through trains. So i asked him the purpose of the board and this specific compartment. He started shouting at me and asked the gents and ladies to adjust and he said nothing can be done. So many lady passengers are standing here including myself. I understood that there is no use for the ladies compartment in our indian railway and rules are different for different trains. Iam feeling so ashamed to travel like this. Being a lady iam feeling so embarassed. There is no right for ladies to question and no use for the so called rpf and other authorities. If the rule he said is correct then i request indian railway to please remove the board 'ladies' and make it as general.