Inderpreet Kaur Chhabra : Panjab university campus changed into a political scenario when Indian politician and member of the Parliament of India rahul gandhi visited it to have interaction with the students of the university .In a brief interaction with the students he cleared his stand on political issues like fdi policy being brought forth by the congress party and said that it will benefit the farmers.He also stressed upon the fact that it was only congress party who has given opportunity to aspiring young politicians by organizing tha nsui (National Students Union of India)and the youth congress ,he urged the women to come forward and take part in elections.
He stressed on the deteorating condition of the punjab government for it has been unsuccessful in controlling the drug menance since 7 out of 10 youths are drug addict in punjab .He pointed to the issues that the scholarships which they send for the punjab youth under the st /sc categories are sent back and are not being utilized.
Rahul gandis visit to campus has raised many eyebrows since such kind of rallies are not allowed in the campus whereas the PU Campus Students’ Union (PUCSC), the official students’ body in Panjab University, has not said anything on the controversy around Rahul’s visit, two student bodies the Students Organisation of India (SOI), a political wing of Akali Dal and the Students’ Federation of India (SFI), a CPI students wing – are objecting to his visit