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Kharge Urges Congress Youth Roadmap, Attacks Modi Government
Mallikarjun Kharge is the president of the Congress party.
He said the government has made life harder for students and young people.
He claimed that 94,000 schools have closed in recent years.
He also said college and university education is becoming too expensive for many families.
Kharge wants Congress to create a plan connecting education with jobs.
He accused people linked to the RSS of gaining control of educational institutions.
He also asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to explain his silence about alleged theft of donations for a Ram temple.
These were Kharge’s claims and demands at a Congress meeting.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge accused the Modi government of damaging students’ future over the past 12 years.
Kharge said 94,000 schools had closed in recent years while higher education was becoming too expensive for ordinary families.
He called for a comprehensive Education-to-Employment Roadmap for young people.
Kharge alleged that educational institutions were increasingly being taken over by people linked to the RSS.
He also questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence over alleged theft of Ram temple donations and demanded an apology and explanation.
- Who
- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Congress leaders.
- What
- Kharge criticized the Modi government’s education record and urged Congress to create an Education-to-Employment Roadmap for youth.
- Where
- At the Congress Working Committee meeting in Indira Bhawan.
- When
- Wednesday; the article does not specify the date.
- Why
- Kharge said students’ prospects were being harmed by school closures, expensive higher education, privatization, and alleged institutional takeovers.
Congress’s allegations
Government position
Education and students
Congress’s allegations
Mallikarjun Kharge said the Modi government had devastated young people’s future, citing school closures, costly higher education, privatization, and alleged RSS-linked influence in institutions.
Government position
The article does not provide a response from the Modi government to these allegations.
Ram temple donations
Congress’s allegations
Kharge questioned Narendra Modi’s silence over alleged theft of Ram temple donations and demanded an apology and answers to the public.
Government position
The article does not report a response from Narendra Modi or the government to this demand.
Key facts
- Speaker
- Mallikarjun Kharge, president of the Congress party
- Meeting
- Congress Working Committee meeting
- Location
- Indira Bhawan
- Education claim
- Kharge said 94,000 schools had closed in recent years
- Proposed initiative
- A comprehensive Education-to-Employment Roadmap for youth
- Other demand
- Kharge demanded that Narendra Modi address alleged theft of Ram temple donations
- Attendees
- Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Jairam Ramesh, K C Venugopal and Congress chief ministers were among those present
Quotes
Mallikarjun Kharge
Congress president and former Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
“"Over the last 12 years, the Modi government has devastated the future of the youth. Instead of new schools opening, 94,000 schools have closed in recent years."”
telegraphindia.com








