# Rahul Gandhi meets father of NEET paper leak victim in Dehradun, slams India's education system > During the ChhatronKiGoonj event in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, Rahul Gandhi posted sharp data on paper leaks and India's education system on social media, and also had an emotional meeting with Rajesh Mall, father of Ria Kumari who died by suicide after a NEET paper leak. **Type:** article · **Category:** Leaders Speak · **Published:** 2026-07-17 · **Source:** TrendKia **Canonical:** https://trendkia.com/en/neta-ji/pepara-lika-men-beti-khone-vale-pita-se-mile-rahula-gandhi-deharaduna-men-shiksha-vyavastha-para-barase-8395 · **Language:** English **Tags:** RahulGandhi At the ChhatronKiGoonj event held in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, Rahul Gandhi shared a pointed post about India's education system and repeated paper leaks on the social media platform X, laying out data on students' effort and the system's failures. At the same event, he met Rajesh Mall, the father of Ria Kumari, a student who died by suicide after a NEET paper leak. ## What Rahul Gandhi wrote on X In his post, Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) wrote that a student spends five years preparing for roughly 10 hours a day at an average cost of ₹9 lakh, calling it the hard work of every student and the sacrifice of their family. He added that over the past 10 years, the country has seen 152 paper leaks, with what amounts to a rate card for seats and jobs, yet zero punishment has followed. According to him, this has ruined the futures of about 7.5 crore young people. He said the corrupt education system needs to be rebuilt from the ground up for the 21st century. ## An emotional meeting with a grieving father During the event, Rajesh Mall came to meet Rahul Gandhi. His daughter, Ria Kumari, is said to have died by suicide after a NEET paper leak. Mall became emotional during the meeting and said that what happened to his daughter should not happen to any other daughter, appealing to Rahul Gandhi to raise the issue in Parliament. ## The wider state of India's education system The event comes against a backdrop of repeated questions over India's education system. According to reports, around 94,000 government schools have shut down across the country over the past 10 years, an average of roughly 25 schools closing every single day, which has also brought down enrolment numbers. Recurring paper leaks combined with this scale of school closures point to deeper structural problems in the system. ## Inside the ChhatronKiGoonj event in Dehradun The Dehradun event drew several students and parents. One student present told Rahul Gandhi that no matter how hard students study, they end up losing to the system if papers keep leaking. Discussions at the event, tied to hashtags like ShikshaRevolution, also raised demands for justice, transparency and equal opportunity for students. ## Public reaction Rahul Gandhi's post and his meeting with the victim's father drew a mixed response on social media. Many users backed the call for justice and a transparent examination system for students, while some others questioned the post, framing it as a political statement. > ## What this means for you - **Across India:** Paper leaks and exam transparency remain a live concern for students preparing for competitive exams and their families, many of whom spend years and lakhs of rupees on preparation. - **In Uttarakhand:** Following this Dehradun event, political debate and student activism around education and exam reform could gain momentum in the state. ## Questions & Answers ### 1. Where and during what event did Rahul Gandhi make this post? Rahul Gandhi posted it on X during the ChhatronKiGoonj event held in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. ### 2. What data did Rahul Gandhi give in his post? He said students spend 5 years preparing 10 hours a day, spend an average of ₹9 lakh, and that there have been 152 paper leaks in the last 10 years with zero punishment so far. ### 3. Who is Rajesh Mall? Rajesh Mall is the father of Ria Kumari, who is said to have died by suicide after a NEET paper leak. ### 4. What did Rajesh Mall tell Rahul Gandhi? He said what happened to his daughter should not happen to any other daughter, and appealed to Rahul Gandhi to raise the issue in Parliament. ### 5. How many youths does Rahul Gandhi say have been affected by paper leaks? According to him, about 7.5 crore young people's futures have been affected. ### 6. What other issues came up at the event? Demands for justice, transparency and equal opportunity for students were raised, along with discussion around hashtags like ShikshaRevolution. ## Leader Profile: Rahul Gandhi - **Role:** Leader of the Opposition, Lok Sabha - **Born:** 19 June 1970, New Delhi - **Party:** Indian National Congress - **Education:** MPhil, Trinity College, Cambridge Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha since 2024 and former Congress President (2017–19). A member of the Nehru–Gandhi family, he is MP from Rae Bareli. ### Political Career & Achievements - General Secretary, INC (2007–2013) - Vice-President, INC (2013–2016) - President, Indian National Congress (2017–2019) - Led the Bharat Jodo Yatra (2022–2023) - Leader of the Opposition, Lok Sabha (since 2024) ### Quick Facts - Worked as a management consultant in London before politics. - Trains in martial arts and practises Vipassana meditation. --- _TrendKia — Har trend, sabse pehle.. Machine-readable view; canonical HTML at the URL above._