Our culture is under attack… Rahul Gandhi expressed the pain of Karnataka teachers
Rahul Gandhi is interacting with people during Bharat Jodo Yatra. He claimed that on Friday, teasers from Karnataka told him that ideological attacks were being made on the culture and language here.
Congress's India Jodo Yatra is currently in Karnataka. Rahul Gandhi is moving ahead while interacting with people from all walks of life. The Congress leader on Friday claimed that teachers raised the issue of attacks on Kannada language and culture in front of him. Teachers said that ideological forces are constantly influencing our educational system. Now this attack has reached our syllabus now.
Rahul said, 'I spoke to the teachers and students. Teachers said that why government schools are being neglected? Why is our culture, our 'Kannada' language being attacked? Why is the pride of Karnataka's history being erased from the textbooks? Our culture and history are being deliberately harmed. Rahul Gandhi said the motive behind this change was communalism, centralization and commercialization.
Children were unable to speak English: Rahul Gandhi
Government school teacher Purnima said that today the reason behind the success of government schools is not because private schools are better than them, but there are basic things behind it. He said that lack of teachers and lack of infrastructure in schools are the two biggest issues of the government education system in Karnataka. Rahul Gandhi replied to him and said that he spoke to some government school children in English but they were not able to speak. Rahul Gandhi asked him about the language.
Doesn't work in Kannada language: Rahul Gandhi
Poornima replied that it is important for students to learn English and Hindi because something like a bank application is available only in Hindi and in English, even in most rural parts of the state. Rahul Gandhi said with surprise that there are no bank applications in Kannada language in Karnataka. Rahul Gandhi and other India travelers covered a distance of more than 20 kilometers on the 30th day of the journey as usual. Late journalist Gauri Lankesh's mother Indira Lankesh and sister Kavita Lankesh met Rahul Gandhi in Karnataka's Mandya district and then walked some distance on this journey. Rahul Gandhi embraced Indira Lankesh and welcomed her in the yatra.
Rahul Gandhi raised the issue of farmer suicide
Raising issues related to loan waiver of industrialists and farmer suicides, Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that 'two India' is not acceptable in one country. He tweeted, 'Yesterday I met a woman, her farmer husband committed suicide due to debt of Rs 50,000. Loan to one India capitalist friends at 6 percent interest and loan waiver of crores. Second India, a life full of debt and hardships at 24 percent interest to the food donors. The Congress leader said, 'These two India in one country, we will not accept it.