The Congress has been seeking to expand the
Amplifying students’ worries
In a video accompanying his post, Mr. Gandhi said the initiative was intended to bring students’ concerns before the country and raise issues they wanted addressed.“The objective of the Chhatron ki Goonj programme is to keep before the country your thoughts, expression and fears. And also raise the issues that our students want raised,” he said. “And in that way the Chhatron ki Goonj idea is to express the voice of India’s students — tribal students, those on hunger strikes, and the students who died in the Delhi building collapse. There are examples of this across the country,” Mr Gandhi added.
Asserting that the students have lost faith in the education system, the Opposition leader urged students to express their views through a link he shared on his social media handle. “We want you to tell us your thoughts about the education system. It can be the exam system, it can be the type of pressure it puts you under, it can be hostels, accommodation... we want to hear from you what it is that makes you lose hope in our education system,” he said.