On Student Suicides, Rajasthan Congress MLA Questions Own Government
NDTV
Coaching in Kota has become a lucrative business and in the race for good results, coaching institutes put immense pressure on students, the MLA suggested.
After three students preparing for competitive exams died by suicide in one day at Rajasthan's Kota, the hub of coaching centres that attract thousands of children dreaming of a spot in the country's best colleges, a leader of the state's ruling Congress has raised uncomfortable questions for his own government.
Bharat Singh Kundanpur, a Congress MLA from Kota and a former minister in Ashok Gehlot's government, has alleged in a letter that coaching institutes enjoy political patronage, and therefore are spared any police action when students are driven to suicide.
On Monday, three students, aged 16, 17 and 18, died by suicide in Kota, drawing attention to the extreme pressure and distress suffered by young men and women preparing for medical and engineering entrance exams.
Mr Singh, in his letter to the state government, has demanded an investigation into the role of coaching institutes in the deaths by suicide.
