Odisha Education Row: Youth Congress Holds Torch Rally in Bhubaneswar Over Textbook Errors, Paper Leaks

The
Odisha
Youth
Co g ess
staged
a
to ch
ally
i
Bhuba eswa ,
steppi g
up
its
attack
o
the
BJP-led
state
gove me t
ove
alleged
e o s
i
school
textbooks
a d
exami atio
pape
leaks.
Co g ess
leade s
a d
wo ke s
aised
sloga s
agai st
the
gove me t
du i g
the
p otest
a d
dema ded
accou tability
ove
what
they
desc ibed
as
se ious
issues
affecti g
stude ts.
Odisha
Co g ess
p eside t
Bhakta
Cha a
Das
said
the
youth
a d
stude t
commu ity
ac oss
the
cou t y
is
becomi g
i c easi gly
awa e
of
educatio – elated
co ce s
followi g
Co g ess
leade
Rahul
Ga dhi& squo;s
appeal
du i g
his
“Stude ts
Ki
Goo j& dquo;
p og amme
i
P ayag aj.
Add essi g
the
gathe i g,
Das
alleged
that
Odisha
has
bee
wit essi g
se ious
p oblems
elated
to
exami atio
pape s
a d
educatio al
mate ial.
He
claimed
that
questio
pape s
had
bee
leaked
a d
alleged
that
school
textbooks
co tai ed
mo e
tha
3,000
e o s.
These
claims
we e
made
by
the
Co g ess
leade
du i g
the
p otest
a d
have
ot
bee
i depe de tly
established
i
the
supplied
mate ial.
The
Co g ess
also
questio ed
the
state
gove me t& squo;s
espo se,
accusi g
mi iste s
of
faili g
to
p ovide
adequate
a swe s
o
the
alleged
i egula ities.
Das
dema ded
g eate
accou tability
f om
the
gove me t
a d
said
stude ts
a d
you g
people
would
co ti ue
aisi g
thei
voices
ove
educatio – elated
co ce s.
The
to ch
ally
comes
amid
a
wide
political
co f o tatio
betwee
the
uli g
BJP
a d
Oppositio
pa ties
i
Odisha
ove
issues
co ce i g
educatio ,
exami atio s
a d
gove a ce.
Co g ess
wo ke s
used
the
demo st atio
to
i te sify
p essu e
o
the
state
gove me t
a d
sig al
that
the
pa ty
pla s
to
co ti ue
mobilisi g
stude ts
a d
you g
vote s.

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