The Congress on Sunday (September 20, 2026) alleged that people of the BJP-RSS have hollowed out and corrupted the education system, and asserted that Rahul Gandhi is standing with the students as they demand accountability, with their voice echoing across the country.
Jairam Ramesh, the Congress general secretary in-charge of communications, tagged Mr. “Who is this system? The people of BJP-RSS who have seized control over the entire country.
The remarks came on Saturday (September 19, 2026) at the fifth edition of Mr.
Gandhi’s youth outreach programme Chhatron Ki Goonj in Indore, a BJP stronghold, where he spoke on the theme of “system versus students” and interacted with Gen Z and other young participants on education, recruitment and employment issues. Gandhi’s post on the programme and said in a post in Hindi on X that Mr. Gandhi had “revealed the secret of this system that has been suppressing students”. On education, on the economy, on politics, on every institution,” he said. He said the BJP-RSS people “have hollowed out and corrupted the education system” because “this system fears students”, who “ask questions, demand accountability”.
Mr. Mr. Nabin’s visit was seen by many as a BJP move aimed at countering the impact of Mr. Gandhi’s programme in the city. The system does not want students; it wants ‘andhbhakts’,” Mr.
Gandhi’s visit to Indore on Saturday (September 19, 2026) came a day after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat interacted with 1,700 Gen-Z participants at the Yuva Dharma Sansad in Ujjain on Friday (September 18, 2026), and two days after BJP president Nitin Nabin, on his maiden visit to Madhya Pradesh after taking charge as the party’s national chief, launched a government scheme in Indore on Thursday (September 17, 2026). Because students ask questions, “The system is afraid of students.
Gandhi said. He said students were curious, questioned authority and sought answers about the functioning of institutions, recruitment, examinations and opportunities, while “andhbhakts” lacked these qualities and instead spread hatred. Earlier reporting noted: ‘System afraid of students who ask questions’: Rahul Gandhi in Indore; MP CM hits back Congress MP and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi alleged that the “system” was afraid of students who asked questions and instead promoted “andhbhakts (blind followers)” at his ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ programme in Indore on Saturday, even as Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav hit back, calling the event “Jhoot ki Goonj” and accusing Gandhi of making claims without facts. Earlier reporting noted: Addressing students at the programme, Gandhi said the initiative highlighted issues including paper leaks, institutional failures, recruitment irregularities, collapsing infrastructure and privatisation of education. The theme of the Indore edition was “system versus students”.
Earlier reporting noted: “Students ask what this system is and how it suppresses their future. Today we talk about that system,” he said.
