Gandhi said the party will do everything it can so students have direct access to opportunities.
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi has written an open letter to students across the country, assuring them of every possible assistance in overcoming the hurdles on their path to a better future. He also assured students that the party will do everything it can to ensure they have direct access to opportunities and end corruption which holds them back.
“I am constantly awed by the energy and dynamism of the student community,” Mr Gandhi said in the letter, praising the manner in which they were building the nation in their own unique ways.
“However, many of you face an uphill battle. It is not easy to gain admission to good colleges, the fees are often very high, and sometimes what you study does not seem helpful in getting a job. Many of you live in difficult circumstances, and have to take up demanding jobs on the side without support or access to networks,” he said.
The letter, translated in all regional languages, will be distributed by the NSUI in colleges across the country as part of the party's ‘Behtar Bharat’ (Better India) campaign to mobilise students around an egalitarian students agenda, a statement said.
The Congress president promised to ensure that students get the respect they deserve and the support they need to fulfill their aspirations.
Mr. Gandhi said the party will do everything it can so students have direct access to opportunities. He also informed the students that the Congress has launched a 'Behtar Bharat' campaign to give them a platform to air their views. "Your concerns are our concerns, your priorities are the Congress Party's priorities," Mr. Gandhi said
The letter which exhorts students to air their grievances on the NSUI website comes at a time when educational institutions across the country are reeling from lack of teaching staff . The Congress hopes to leverage these issues to garner support ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls
