Archive · 23 Dec 2025
Rahul Gandhi Accuses RSS of Taking Over ISI
Rahul Gandhi, a big leader in India, said that a group called RSS is slowly taking control of a very important school called the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI).
This school is famous for teaching and researching important subjects like math, economics, and computer science.
Gandhi met with students from ISI who told him that the school's leaders are now being chosen by the RSS, not by the teachers.
He also said that the RSS is changing what is taught and researched at the school.
Gandhi thinks this is a bad thing because it stops the school from being free and independent.
He promised to fight against this because he believes schools should be run by smart people and science, not by any group's ideas.
Rahul Gandhi alleges that the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) is being gradually taken over by the RSS.
Students from ISI raised concerns about bureaucratic and ideological interference in the institution's academic councils.
Gandhi claims that the syllabus and research at ISI are being controlled by RSS ideology.
He asserts that this is a conspiracy to weaken education and institutions, potentially leading to privatization or sale of assets.
Gandhi emphasizes that education needs freedom and institutions should be run by knowledge and science, not by any ideology.
- Who
- Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha
- What
- Allegation of RSS taking over the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)
- When
- During the Winter Session of Parliament
- Where
- New Delhi, India
- Why
- Concerns raised by ISI students about institutional takeover and ideological interference
- Institution
- Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)
- Accusation
- Gradual institutional takeover by RSS
- Fields of Research
- Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Data Science, Computer Science, Policy-making
- Platform
- Jan Sansad
- Source
- Rahul Gandhi's interaction with ISI students