Rahul Gandhi Joins DMK-Led Protest Against UGC Draft Rules In Delhi: 'The Aim Of RSS Is..'

Leaders Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav took part in DMK's demonstration against University Grants Commission (UGC) draft rules, which have sparked criticism from Opposition and student organisations.

Addressing the gathering, Rahul Gandhi accused the RSS of attempting to impose a singular cultural and historical narrative across the country.

Source : PTI

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav joined a protest organised by the DMK’s student wing at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Thursday. The demonstration was held against the University Grants Commission (UGC) draft rules, which have sparked widespread criticism from opposition parties and student organisations.

The protest, held just a few hundred meters away from the Parliament complex, saw participation from various opposition student groups. Addressing the gathering, Rahul Gandhi accused the RSS of attempting to impose a singular cultural and historical narrative across the country.

According to PTI, Rahul Gandhi said, “I have been saying this for some time now that the aim of the RSS is the eradication of all other histories, cultures, and traditions in this country. That is their starting point and what they want to achieve,” Gandhi said. They attacked the Constitution because they want to impose one idea which is their idea, one history, one tradition, one language in this country and this attempt that they are doing with the education system of the different states... this is just another attempt to push their agenda."

VIDEO | Congress MP Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) joins protest organised by the DMK against the University Grants Commission (UGC) draft rules in Delhi.

"I have been saying this now for sometime that the aim of the RSS is the eradication of all other histories, all other cultures… pic.twitter.com/SCsElglubx

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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav also voiced strong opposition to the New Education Policy (NEP), calling it a “conspiracy” to hand over universities to industrialists. He declared his party’s support for the protest and reiterated their stance against the policy.

“The Samajwadi Party supports this protest against the New Education Policy that the central government is bringing,” Yadav said, as per ANI. “We will never back this policy,” he added.