“Now, people are clear that we are sitting on a disaster and we have a government that is crippled.It is a national crisis, it’s an economic crisis, it’s an educational crisis, institutional crisis. But I don’t see any response. I don’t see a capability of response (from the government),” the MP said during a press conference.
PM has psychologically collapsed: Rahul
The Congress MP went on to say that the silence of the government is because “the PM is crippled”
“Right now, the PM’s main agenda is the (election of) the Speaker. He is bothered about his government and Speaker … The PM has psychologically collapsed and he will struggle to run a government like this. PM Modi‘s idea of running govt is to generate fear in people. But now people are not scared of him. The basic concept of Modi has been destroyed in this election. If there were Vajpayee ji or Manmohan Singh ji, they might have been able to survive because they had humility, respect and conciliation. But Narendra Modi doesn’t believe in all this.”
“Enquiry is underway, one (UGC-NET) has been cancelled; we don’t know whether the other (NEET) one will be cancelled or not. But, someone is responsible for all this and they should be arrested and action should be taken against them,” he added.
Education system captured by BJP’s parent outfit: Rahul
He also explained why there has been a rise in such paper leaks.
“The reason behind paper leaks is that the education system has been captured by the BJP’s parent organisation. Till the time this is not reversed, paper leaks and cancellation of exams will go on. PM Modi has facilitated this capture. It is an anti-national activity,” said Rahul.
Talking directly to the affected students, the MP said: “Our vice-chancellors are placed not based on merit but because they belong to a particular organisation. And this organisation and the BJP have penetrated our education system and destroyed it. What was done by PM Modi to the economy with demonetisation, has now been done to the education system. The reason this is happening and the reason you’re suffering is because an independent, objective education system has been demolished … It is very important that the people who are guilty here are brought to book and they are punished.”
Rahul takes potshots at PM
He went on to take a potshot at the PM, stating: “It was said that Narendra Modi stopped the Ukraine-Russia conflict, Israel-Gaza war but due to some reason, he is either not able to stop the paper leaks in the country or he doesn’t want to stop them. The students end up suffering as this is their future. Vyapam took place in Madhya Pradesh, which is now being spread across the country by PM Modi and his government.”
No one afraid of PM Modi now, says Rahul
“Now nobody in the country is afraid of him (PM Modi). Earlier the chest was 56 inches, but now I cannot give the number, but it has become 30-32 … His way of working is to scare people, to intimidate them, now that fear is gone. I don’t know if you saw it or not but someone hit him with a ‘chappal’ in Varanasi. Before the elections, if someone wanted to hit him, there was fear, now that fear has ended. There are internal problems too, there are problems in their party, there are issues in their parent organisation. So I want to say that the concept of Narendra Modi has been demolished by the opposition, it has been finished … There is a very strong opposition, so it is a very interesting time,” he added.