Rahul Gandhi urges PM Modi to end woes of OBC students
New Delhi: The leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha
Rahul Gandhi
wrote to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
, urging him to address the issues of delays in distribution of
post-matric scholarships
for students from
backward communities
and the poor conditions in
residential hostels
for these students.
Gandhi cited his experience during a visit to a university hostel in poll-bound Bihar to raise the issues, saying they are also prevalent in other parts of the country. He sought regular audit of these hostels as well as enhanced and regular payment of pre-matric scholarships for these sections of students.
"I request you to resolve two critical issues which hinder education opportunities for the 90% of students who are from
marginalized communities
. Firstly, the conditions in residential hostels for students from Dalit, ST (scheduled tribe), EBC (extremely backward classes), OBC (other backward classes) and minority communities are deplorable," Gandhi said in his letter dated June 10.
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