Congress leader Pawan Khera, tagging Rahul Gandhi’s post, also criticised the government over what he described as inadequate investment in education. He alleged that the government had prioritised spending on publicity and other areas while failing to provide adequate infrastructure, teachers, training, hostels and jobs.
The exchange came a day after Gandhi used the Indore event to criticise what he described as a “system” that discourages students from questioning authority.
“The system is afraid of students because students ask questions. The system does not want students; it wants ‘andhbhakts’,” Rahul Gandhi had said at the event.
He said students were curious, questioned institutions and sought answers on recruitment, examinations and employment, while alleging that the existing system sought to suppress such questioning.
Rahul Gandhi also alleged that the “system” involved several influential political, institutional and business figures, naming Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and industrialists Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani.
At the event, students raised several concerns, including recruitment delays, examination-related issues, rising education costs and shortages of hostels and scholarships.
Rahul Gandhi’s remarks were part of the fifth edition of ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’, a youth outreach programme focused on education, recruitment and employment issues.
With PTI inputs
