India will be destroyed if RSS takes control of education: Rahul Gandhi

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi stated on Monday that the country will be ruined if the RSS gains complete control over the education system.

The previous Congress leader stated that while the members of the INDIA alliance may possess minor differences in their ideologies and policies, they will never compromise on the nation’s education system.

“One organisation wants to destroy the future and the education system of the country. The name of that organisation is the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. If the education system goes into their hands, which is actually happening slowly, this country will be destroyed. No one will get jobs and the country will be finished,” Gandhi said at a protest organised by affiliate student organisations of the INDIA bloc, against the National Education Policy.

“Students organisations must tell students that the vice chancellors of Indian universities are dominated by the RSS. In the coming time, state universities’ VCs will be appointed on the recommendation of the RSS. We have to stop this,” he said at the protest held at Jantar Mantar.

Gandhi recalled that last week Prime Minister Narendra Modi made remarks on the Maha Kumbh in Parliament and asserted that the PM should have also spoken about unemployment and inflation.

“The prime minister does not speak a word about unemployment, inflation and education system. Their model is to hand over all resources to Adani and Ambani and hand over institutions to the RSS,” Gandhi said. 

To the agitators, he said, “You are students of the INDIA bloc, there may be some differences in our ideologies and policies but we can never compromise on the education system of the country. We will fight this fight together and push back the RSS.”

Last month, Gandhi took part in a demonstration opposing the proposed University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations arranged by the DMK in this location.

He claimed that the UGC’s proposed regulations for hiring teachers and academic personnel in universities and colleges were an effort to promote the RSS agenda, which seeks to enforce “one history, one tradition, one language” throughout the nation.