Gandhi on Friday had said that no political party or organisation should have a hold on any educational institutions, and batted for a political consensus on the issue of paper leaks.
Nitish Kumar's new official bungalow on Sunehri Bagh Road is just a kilometre away from the Parliament House; his immediate neighbours are Rahul Gandhi and Union minister Chirag Paswan.
Addressing students at the 'Chhatron Ki Goonj' event in Dehradun, Gandhi said the paper leak racket had "gripped the entire system" and was jeopardising the future of millions of young Indians.
Congress insiders said the party sees the programme as a test to gauge the mood of young voters and the broader public ahead of the 2027 Uttarakhand Assembly elections.