Gaurav Gogoi, Priyank Kharge amongst 28 leaders to deal with ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ press conferences throughout India
The All India Congress Committee (AICC) has fielded 28 leaders to deal with “Chhatron Ki Goonj” press conferences throughout the nation on June 25, 2026.
In a press launch, the celebration stated the marketing campaign seeks a complete overhaul of India’s schooling system, starting with the resignation of Union Schooling Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan.
“Via this marketing campaign, the Indian Nationwide Congress calls for a complete overhaul of India’s schooling system, starting with the resignation of Union Schooling Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, who epitomises the Modi authorities’s lack of imaginative and prescient and dogmatic strategy to schooling,” the assertion stated.
The Congress additionally accused the BJP-led authorities of selling the privatisation, centralisation and “Sanghification” of schooling over the previous 12 years.
“Over the previous twelve years, the RSS-BJP authorities has solely pursued the privatisation, centralisation, and Sanghification of schooling, and completed too little to organize India’s youth for the long run. The disaster in the present day isn’t solely considered one of unemployment but additionally of employability,” it stated.
The celebration stated the press conferences would mark the start of a nationwide dialog on constructing a contemporary, inclusive and future-ready schooling system.
“These press conferences mark the start of a nationwide dialog on constructing a contemporary, inclusive, and future-ready schooling system, and the Congress Social gathering invitations college students, lecturers, mother and father, and anxious residents to be part of this important dialog,” the assertion added.
Full listing of leaders
As a part of the marketing campaign, leaders will handle press conferences in several cities:
-Satej Patil in Ahmedabad
-Varsha Gaikwad in Bangalore
-Imran Masood in Bhopal
-Pawan Khera in Bhubneswar
-Jaivardhan Singh in Bilaspur
-Rajeev Shukla in Chandigarh
-Priyank Kharge in Chennai
-Ranjeet Ranjan in Dehradun
-Gaurav Gogoi in Delhi
– Shilpi Neha Tirkey in Guwahati
-Pappu Yadav in Gwalior
-Vikrant Bhuria in Hyderabad
-Abhishek Dutt in Indore
-Ashok Tanwar in Jaipur
-Supriya Shrinate in Kolkata
-Jignesh Mevani in Kota
-Jeetu Patwari in Nagpur
-Anupam in Patna
-Kanhaiya Kumar in Pune
– Nadeem Javed in Purnia
-Imran Pratapgarhi in Ranchi
-Kuldeep Indora in Rohtak
-Srinivas BV in Sikar
-Uday Bhanu Chib in Srinagar
-Kannan Gopinathan in Trivandrum
-Ragini Nayak in Vijayawada
-Umang Singhar in Allahabad
-Rahul Kaswan in Meerut
Gandhi’s rally in Kota
The marketing campaign “Chhatron Ki Goonj” was launched by Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in response to considerations over repeated examination paper leaks, cancelled examinations and delays in recruitment processes.
He held the primary rally of the marketing campaign on June 17 in Kota, the place he appealed to college students and younger job seekers to hitch the protest motion.
On X, Gandhi stated that younger folks in India are being “punished for daring to dream” and that onerous work now not ensures success. He stated each paper leak, cancelled examination and delayed recruitment drive is a systemic failure and a setback to the goals of hundreds of thousands of scholars and job seekers.
Describing the marketing campaign as a battle for the way forward for India’s youth, he stated it will unfold throughout the nation.
“Let’s come collectively and turn into a roar that may’t be ignored. Ranging from Kota, then reaching each nook of the nation,” Gandhi stated.
Throughout his interplay with college students on the rally, he stated the present schooling system is “extraordinarily worrying and unfair”.
“India’s schooling system is an extortion machine. We wish a system that lets you dream huge,” he stated, including that younger persons are dealing with an excessive amount of ache, stress and unhappiness.
“This isn’t a political assembly. It is a assembly about you, concerning the younger people who find themselves struggling to get a future. This night is about you, the challenges that you’re coping with each single day,” he stated in his opening remarks.
He additionally stated the system pushes college students primarily in the direction of a couple of profession paths resembling engineering, medical and civil providers, whereas discouraging different choices.
“Why is India solely asking youngsters to do 5 issues? The reply is cash, as a result of the system makes cash by means of these 5 routes,” he alleged.
