India, June 11 -- Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the "deplorable" conditions students from the Dalit, Scheduled Tribe (ST), Economically Backward Class (EBC), Other Backward Class (OBC), and minority sections of the society have to deal with at residential hostels, along with the delays in post-matric scholarship disbursements.

In a letter dated June 10, the Congress leader detailed a crisis in scholarships programmes, citing Bihar as an example where the scholarship portal allegedly remained non-functional for three years, resulting in no scholarships being disbursed during the 2021-22 academic year.

He noted a sharp decline in beneficiaries, and said, "The number of Dalit students receiving ...