‘Education system captured by BJP, RSS’, alleges Rahul Gandhi amid NEET controversy
Paper leaks will not stop until this ‘capture’ was reversed, the Congress leader said.
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that India’s education system had been “captured” by the Bharatiya Janata Party and its parent organisation, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
Gandhi was speaking at a press conference regarding the alleged irregularities in the National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test. The results of the entrance examination were announced on June 4. Subsequently, several aspirants alleged that an inflation of marks had led to 67 candidates securing the top rank, including six from the same examination centre.
On June 14, the Gujarat Police arrested five persons for alleged malpractice at an examination centre in Panchmahal district’s Godhra. Meanwhile, the Bihar Police also said that an investigation into the alleged irregularities in the examination was “suggestive of a paper leak”.
On Thursday, Gandhi said that paper leaks will not stop until the “capture” of educational institutions by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and BJP is reversed.
“If you don’t give jobs based on merit and give jobs based on ideology…this [paper leaks] will keep happening,” said the Rae Bareli MP.
He also claimed that several students had complained to him about paper leaks during his second Bharat Jodo Yatra, which was held from January to March. The Bharat Jodo Yatra was an outreach programme by the Congress.
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