Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge sparked an uproar in the Rajya Sabha after alleging that RSS-affiliated individuals were heading educational institutions and seeking their removal. During the debate on the anti-paper leak bill, he also accused the Centre of acting only after student protests.
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday triggered an uproar in the House after alleging that RSS-affiliated individuals were being appointed to key positions in educational institutions and demanding their removal.
Raising the issue during a debate on the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, Kharge also accused the Centre of acting on examination reforms only after nationwide protests by students over repeated paper leaks.
Participating in the debate, Kharge alleged that the academic freedom and autonomy of the country's educational institutions were continuously weakening due to appointments allegedly driven by ideological affiliations rather than academic merit.
"The academic freedom of our country's educational institutions is continuously weakening. Universities are not just places for granting degrees. They are centres for new ideas, scientific temper, research and healthy debate. A university campus is not meant for imposing a narrow ideology, blind faith, or any single ideology," Kharge said.
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