Ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2019, Congress national president Rahul Gandhi Saturday interacted with students in New Delhi. He addressed students at ‘Shiksha Disha or Dasha’ event to be held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

Earlier this month, seven young students from different parts of the country had a “surprise” dinner interaction with Rahul Gandhi where over Chinese food they shared their ideas about improving the lives of people and were promised that some may be included in the party manifesto.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in January conducted the second townhall Pariksha Pe Charcha 2.0 where around 2,000 students, parents and teachers interacted with him about the exam related issues and problems of students ahead and after board exams.

Rahul Gandhi addressed university students on the issues related to the youth. He also talked about the expectations of the youth from the next government as elections near.

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1:00 pm IST Modi govt doesn’t want to accept there is ‘job crisis’: Rahul Gandhi Firing a fresh salvo at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Saturday alleged that the government “did not want to accept” that there was a “job crisis” in the country, and said the PM should hold discussions with the youth to address the issue.





12:55 pm IST Leadership should guide the nation: Rahul Gandhi “If the PM of India condemns the atmosphere of hatred, then naturally the anger in the nation will diminish. Leadership should guide the nation,” said Rahul Gandhi at ‘Shiksha Disha or Dasha’ event in Delhi.





12:50 pm IST Problem of unemployment is not being addressed: Rahul Gandhi “If you compare India with countires like Europe and America, you’ll realise that unemployment is a huge problem. The problem of unemployment is not being addressed, which is why there is anger in the country,” said Rahul Gandhi.





12:42 pm IST Vice Chancellors these days only concerned with their own ideology : Rahul “Vice Chancellors these days are ideological people from an organisation.They’re not concerned with global vision and feelings of students. They’re only concerned with their own ideology and want to use India’s education system as a weapon. It is an insult to students,” said Rahul Gandhi.





12:40 pm IST Education must be empowering and forgiving: Rahul Gandhi “Education must be empowering, and forgiving. Students must be comfortable with making mistakes. They must be encouraged to learn from their mistakes,” said Rahul Gandhi while addressing students at ‘Shiksha Disha or Dasha’ event in Delhi.





12:30 pm IST Assure martyr status to paramilitary soldiers laying down life: Rahul Gandhi “Soldiers of paramilitary forces who lay down their life should get the status of martyrs, if Congress is voted to power, we assure them the status.





12:29 pm IST More money needs to go into education system: Rahul Gandhi “The problems that ad hoc teachers face, i.e., uncertainty, can only be solved if they are made permanent and the solution to this means more money needs to be invested inn the education system,” said Rahul Gandhi while addressing students at ‘Shiksha Disha or Dasha’ event in Delhi.





12:25 pm IST Govt must make bank loans easier, add more universities: Rahul Gandhi “When I say the government should support education, it means, making bank loans easier, scholarships, adding more universities, pushing enrolment. If you look at all these numbers, they have fallen in the BJP regime,” said Rahul Gandhi.





12:15 pm IST Steep decline in funds for education in last 5 years: Rahul Gandhi “Government must make bank loans easily available, introduce more universities, which hasn’t happened at all in the last five years. There has been a steep decline in the amount of money being spent by the government for the education sector,” said Congress chief Rahul Gandhi while interacting with students in Delhi.





12:05 pm IST Rahul Gandhi begins interactive session with students Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Saturday began an interactive session with students. He said that the main issues he will be addressing in the session include employment and the state of education in the country.





11:55 am IST Rahul Gandhi greets students CP @RahulGandhi greets students who've come to interact with him at Jawaharlal Nehru indoor auditorium in Delhi. #YoungIndiaRising pic.twitter.com/pjbrxAWSxP — Congress (@INCIndia) February 23, 2019





11:25 am IST Such dialogues important to decide on who to vote for: Richa, a first time voter Richa from Miranda House, a first time voter, believes that dialogues such as the one today with Congress president Rahul Gandhi are very important for her to make up her mind on who to vote for. Richa from Miranda House, a first time voter, believes that dialogues such as the one today with CP @RahulGandhi are very important for her to make up her mind on who to vote for. #YoungIndiaRising pic.twitter.com/i8RkDydpbU — Congress (@INCIndia) February 23, 2019





10:00 am IST Rahul Gandhi to interact with students at 10:30 am Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to interact with university students in Delhi at 10:30 am Saturday.



