Rahul to interact with students tomorrow
Rahul Gandhi
will participate in '
Shiksha Nyay Samvad
' with the students in Darbhanga and Patna on Thursday (May 15).The other senior Congress netas will also interact with the students at 60 places in Bihar as part of the party's 'Shiksha Nyay Samvad', NSUI national in charge Kanhaiya Kumar said on Tuesday.He said 62 national Congress netas, including Rahul, will directly communicate with the students of the state on their problems in SC, ST, OBC hostels and community halls at various places in the state under the programme.Kanhaiya alleged that the state's education system had failed.
"Nitish Kumar has been the CM for 20 years and Narendra Modi has been the PM for 12 years, but the condition of the state has gone from bad to worse," he alleged.He further said not a single degree college has been opened in 358 blocks while there is a huge shortage of permanent teachers and a three-year degree is being completed in six years."The student credit card scheme has pushed the youth into debt instead of employment. They have not completed their studies but debt recovery has started. The CAG's report shows that the money of SC/ST scholarship was spent on the construction of roads and bridges, and even scholarships meant for the minority community students were stopped. Hostels for dalit, backward and minority students are either closed or on the verge of ruin. Instead of investing in education, industry and infrastructure in Bihar, the Modi-Nitish double engine govt is diverting funds towards Gujarat," he alleged.At the press conference, student netas Triloki Kumar Manjhi, Ranjit Pandit, Bhagya Bharti and Manish Paswan raised five main demands of SC, ST, EBCs and women.Patna: In its bid to win back the dalit and extremely backward castes votes, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will participate in 'Shiksha Nyay Samvad' with the students in Darbhanga and Patna on Thursday (May 15).The other senior Congress netas will also interact with the students at 60 places in Bihar as part of the party's 'Shiksha Nyay Samvad', NSUI national in charge Kanhaiya Kumar said on Tuesday.He said 62 national Congress netas, including Rahul, will directly communicate with the students of the state on their problems in SC, ST, OBC hostels and community halls at various places in the state under the programme.Kanhaiya alleged that the state's education system had failed. "Nitish Kumar has been the CM for 20 years and Narendra Modi has been the PM for 12 years, but the condition of the state has gone from bad to worse," he alleged.He further said not a single degree college has been opened in 358 blocks while there is a huge shortage of permanent teachers and a three-year degree is being completed in six years."The student credit card scheme has pushed the youth into debt instead of employment. They have not completed their studies but debt recovery has started. The CAG's report shows that the money of SC/ST scholarship was spent on the construction of roads and bridges, and even scholarships meant for the minority community students were stopped. Hostels for dalit, backward and minority students are either closed or on the verge of ruin. Instead of investing in education, industry and infrastructure in Bihar, the Modi-Nitish double engine govt is diverting funds towards Gujarat," he alleged.At the press conference, student netas Triloki Kumar Manjhi, Ranjit Pandit, Bhagya Bharti and Manish Paswan raised five main demands of SC, ST, EBCs and women.
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