The BJP has hit out at Rahul Gandhi after he wrote to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis about concerns over tribal students in Maharashtra, saying he should first examine tribal welfare departments and hostels in Congress-ruled Telangana and Karnataka.
The ruling party accused Mr. It also claimed that some tribal schools in Maharashtra, against which students have been protesting, are run by Congress leaders and accused Mr. Gandhi of shielding them. The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, in a letter to Mr. Gandhi should first look at the functioning of tribal welfare departments and hostels in Telangana and Karnataka, where his party is in power, and accused him of trying to protect Congress leaders associated with tribal schools in Maharashtra. “A few days ago, three young girls died at a school whose director, Marotrao Kowase, is a former Congress MP. His son, Vishwajeet Kowase, is the Gadchiroli District Congress Committee president and the school’s secretary,” it claimed. The party also referred to an inspection at an ashram school (residential school) in Yavatmal, where girls’ bathrooms allegedly had no doors. The school is run by Vasant Purke, a former Minister and Congress leader, the BJP claimed.
Fadnavis, asked him to meet the protesting tribal students personally and resolve their problems at the earliest, including relaxing harsh conditions like enforcing the age limit of 30 years for staying in government hostels. Hitting back, the Maharashtra BJP, in a post on X late Monday (August 24) night, said Mr.
Gandhi of following a pattern of “doing wrong first, then creating noise when action is taken”, and said the Maharashtra government was capable of protecting tribal communities and students. “Rahul Gandhi, we don’t expect fair or well-researched views from you, but here are some facts the public should know,” it said.
