Rahul Gandhi Targets BJP Over Arrest Of 2 Students Amid MPPSC Exams Row: 'Crushing Youths' Voices, Breaking Trust'

Rahul Gandhi condemns the jailing of students protesting alleged irregularities in Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPSC) exams, calling it an attack on their rights.

File Photo of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

Source : PTI

New Delhi, Jan 3 (PTI) The BJP is destroying the future of youths through alleged irregularities in the examination system, but the Congress is committed to fighting for the rights of students, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday.

His remarks came after two students protesting against alleged irregularities in the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPSC) exams were put in jail.

"The BJP is cutting the thumb of the youth of India just like Ekalavya's, and destroying their future," Gandhi said in a post in Hindi on X.

भाजपा भारत के युवाओं का बिल्कुल एकलव्य जैसा अंगूठा काट रही है, उनका भविष्य मिटा रही है।

सरकारी भर्ती में विफलता बड़ा अन्याय है। पहले तो भर्ती नहीं निकलती। भर्ती निकल जाए तो एग्जाम समय पर नहीं होते। एग्जाम हो तो पेपर लीक करवा दिए जाते हैं। और जब युवा न्याय मांगते हैं तब उनकी… https://t.co/k7zD2TrDB4

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 3, 2025

"Failure in executing government recruitments is a big injustice. First, recruitment is not announced. And then even if it is announced, exams are not held in time. If exams are held, the question papers are leaked. And when the youths demand justice, their voice is ruthlessly crushed," he alleged.

There were students' protest in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh as well over alleged irregularities in recruitment exams.

And, now two students protesting against the irregularities in MPPSC in Madhya Pradesh have been put in jail, and that after the chief minister himself met the students and assured them their demands would be considered, the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha noted.

"The BJP government has broken the trust of the students and strangled the democratic system.

"We are with the students in their fight for their rights. We will not let the BJP suppress the voice of the rights of the youth of the country at any cost," the former Congress president said. 

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