New Delhi, June 11 -- Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that that delays and failures plague post-matric scholarships for students from marginalised communities.

The letter came following Rahul Gandhi's recent visit to a Hostel in Bihar where students complained, among other things, about alleged lack of mess facilities.

"I request you to resolve two critical issues which hinder education opportunities for the 90% of students who are from marginalised communities. Firstly, the conditions in residential hostels for students from Dalit, ST, EBC, OBC and minority communities are deplorable. During a recent visit to Ambedkar Hostel in Darbhanga, Bihar, stu...