Deaths of students in Kota | Rajasthan Congress MLA questions role of administration

Congress MLA Bharat Singh Kundanpur’s remarks came days after three students preparing for competitive exams, in Kota, were found dead on December 12, in two separate incidents within 12 hours.

Congress MLA Bharat Singh Kundanpur has targeted his own government and said the coaching institutes in Kota are politically influenced and are therefore spared of any police action when students are driven to end their lives.

His remarks came days after three students preparing for competitive exams, in Kota, were found dead on December 12, in two separate incidents within 12 hours.

Kundanpur, in his letter to the Kota district collector on December 13, has demanded an investigation into the role of coaching institutes in the deaths.

Kundanpur, the ruling party MLA from Sangod (Kota), said that one of the reasons for students to end their lives is that in the race for good results, coaching institutes put immense pressure on them.

In the letter, he said that “after the incident, the police investigated and filed a final report but have not held the coaching institute responsible for such a step.” Without naming the coaching institute, he said that the political influence of the coaching institute is very strong. A large number of officials seek postings in Kota just for this reason, he wrote.

“My suggestion is that the police should investigate the role of the coaching institute in the deaths and register an FIR against them,” the former Minister in Ashok Gehlot's government said.