‘Hallmark of cowardly authorities’: Rahul Gandhi attacks Centre after lathi charge on protesting SSC aspirants; gives call to ‘struggle again’ | India News

Rahul Gandhi (File picture)

NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out on the Centre over the alleged lathicharge on Staff Selection Commission (SSC) aspirants and trainers protesting at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan. He accused the Modi authorities of ignoring the issues of the youth, alleging it had come to energy by “stealing votes.”In a submit in Hindi on X, Gandhi stated the lathicharge on SSC aspirants and lecturers peacefully protesting at Ramlila Maidan was “not just shameful, but the hallmark of a cowardly government.”The protest, held on Sunday, noticed the participation of a number of SSC candidates and their trainers, who had been demanding transparency and higher conduct of recruitment examinations. The SSC exams have confronted repeated complaints of abrupt cancellations, server crashes, unresponsive techniques and examination centres positioned so far as 500 kilometres from candidates’ properties.“The youth had only demanded their rights — employment and justice. What did they get? Lathis,” Gandhi stated.He alleged that the federal government first manipulated elections to safe votes, then allowed irregularities in examinations, adopted by failures in offering jobs and finally sought to suppress residents’ rights and voices.The Congress chief additional stated the federal government doesn’t prioritise the calls for of youth, farmers, the poor, Dalits and minorities, because it doesn’t rely on their votes. He urged individuals not to be afraid however to stand agency and struggle again.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge additionally condemned the alleged police motion, claiming the Modi authorities had made it a “habit” to jeopardise the longer term of the youth.“Stealing the future of the country’s youth has become a habit of the Modi government. The brutal lathi-charge by the Modi government’s puppet police on students protesting against rigging in SSC exams at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan is highly condemnable,” Kharge stated in a submit on X.Congress common secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra too criticised the federal government, calling the use of drive on protesting college students “inhuman and shameful.”In her submit on X, she stated, “The youth of the entire country are troubled by rigging in every exam, scams in every recruitment and paper leaks. The corruption in the recruitment process and exams under the BJP rule is ruining the future of the youth.”Denying the allegations, a senior Delhi Police officer stated round 1,500 protestors had gathered on the web site, and about 100 refused to depart after the permitted time regardless of repeated requests.“Out of those who were not leaving, 44 protestors were detained. There was no lathi-charge,” the officer clarified.The SSC is a statutory physique accountable for conducting recruitment examinations for varied posts throughout ministries, departments and different authorities organisations. The Phase 13 examination, held between July 24 and August 1 at 194 centres in 142 cities, confronted a number of disruptions. Approximately 5 lakh candidates appeared for the examination throughout this era. These points sparked widespread protests throughout Delhi final week, drawing 1000’s of aspirants to the streets and triggering a powerful backlash on social media.