Everyone is troubled by the Old Rajendra Nagar coaching accident in the capital Delhi, in which three UPSC candidates died due to water logging in the basement. After this incident, students are protesting against the administration in Rajendra Nagar and are also angry with the teachers who are world celebrity teachers of UPSC. Students lashed out at Awadh Ojha and Vikas Divyakirti for their disappearance after this accident. In a recent interview given to Lallantop, Avadh Ojha told why he did not attend the students’ protest. Apart from this, the educationist said a lot about running classes in the basement and also raised many questions on the way the students performed.
What did Awadh Ojha say about the death of three children in the basement?
Avadh Ojha expressed grief over the death of three children in the basement and called running classes in the basement a serious problem. Avadh Ojha also revealed that once his friend had also died due to suffocation in the basement. He said that I was getting basement class on Pusa Road for Rs 4 lakh less. The owner told me that he will give you the basement for Rs 18 lakh. But I said that there is no need to go to the basement. I know what is the condition of the basements and if not today then tomorrow you will see that all these basements will be closed.
Awadh Ojha angry over running class in basement
Avadh Ojha said that the basement is like a concentration camp. Even if you go inside, there is no guarantee for you. He told that once when he was taking classes in the basement, an earthquake occurred. When the children started running away, he suggested that running away would do nothing, go away slowly. Basement means you should assume that the life of whoever is sitting in the basement is at stake.
Coaching seal said to be temporary
When Awadh Ojha was asked, have you ever complained before as to why the owners are running classes in the basement. On this Avadh Ojha said that coaching has only one answer that you should look for such coaching for yourself where there are no classes in the basement. All the big coaching centers have classes in their basement. Not all coaching is sealed. Those running small coaching centers have been closed but big coaching centers are open. On this, when he was told that Drishti IAS and Badi coaching have also been sealed, Avadh Ojha said that when the fire broke out in Mukherjee Nagar coaching in 2023, a video was seen of children jumping from the coaching, at that time he had said that Mukherjee The city has been sealed but where was Mukherjee Nagar sealed? 61 children were injured on official records then everything was going on there.
Avadh Ojha wants to talk to the leader of protesting students
No matter how much we protest on this. I know that the children who are protesting, getting angry and abusing whoever, it is their right. They are not doing anything wrong. They are absolutely abusing that why are you not fighting for us. But there is a way to fight. I have taken out the program today. I will meet the state and central leaders this week and put forward my proposal that it should be kept in mind that if such an incident happens in the future, no one will say that I did not inform them.
Regarding the guidance of the students, Avadh Ojha said that they are not paying attention to the problem for which the students are worried. His focus is on Awadh Ojha and Vikas Divyakirti. Ojha sir says that if you had become so intelligent and so powerful, this situation would not have arisen. What I say is that mental strength and physical strength should be developed. Protest has its own method. Gandhiji led the movement for 2 years, in which no one was killed, no one was beaten, no water was sprinkled on anyone, nothing happened. One has to prepare for it. There is no jumping down. When Jallianwala Bagh happened in 1919 and Non-Cooperation Movement started in 1920, arrangements had to be made, forms had to be made.
You say that the teachers have not come and when the teachers come, you are misbehaving with them and boycotting them. Tanu Jain went to protest, she tweeted. Hey brother, whoever the teacher came, he came to listen to your pain. If you tell him that this is pain. The teachers who left should be accepted and spoken about. What does it mean to misbehave with them? We have to make peace, we have raised this issue, we have to take it forward. The government has to be made aware that these are the challenges before us. Safety law should be made. The movement is reviewed.
Why did Awadh Ojha not go to protest?
Awadh Ojha further said that once a boy from Bihar messaged me that Sir, we want you to come to meet us but please keep in mind that there are not only preparation students here, there are more students here, so please do so. Take care of your security also. Suppose something had happened there, then later people would have told me, Master, why did you go, you jumped into the fire. You should talk to children. I said, call the boys who are in Rajendra Nagar Protest, we will talk to them. It does not happen that one jumps into the crowd. There are antisocial elements sitting in the crowd, if they set fire and spread anarchy then their career will be over.
A DM of Bihar was murdered just on this issue. Who knows that today there are only students there. I said call their leader, let’s talk and give him a memorandum. Let’s put forward their issue. That a law should be made now. Avaj Ojha was asked that suppose the students gave a memorandum and no action was taken, then what would you do from your side.
How did you and Vikas Divyakirti come to the center of this protest?
On being criticized on social media, Avadh Ojha said that Vikas Divyakirti and Avadh Ojha came to the center because in today’s era of social media, if Rau’s IAS is put on it, then it will neither get any subscriber nor viewership. This is a game of algorithms, fall into the trap of social media. If my coaching, Avadh Ojha Coaching, does not meet even a single safety standard, then I will stop the coaching. I will not teach. I fold my hands and tell the students that when online classes are going on, then what is the need for everyone to come to Delhi. A boy from Allahabad cannot study while staying in Allahabad. If you are paying 25 thousand rupees for room rent here, you will get the best library facility in your city for 5 thousand rupees. Now, that boy should come to Delhi who feels that there are politicians and bureaucrats in our house, who feels that he will not be able to study by staying at home, he should come and only he should come to Delhi. I request the rest with folded hands that there are so many excellent teachers online and they all teach correctly. In this era, your safety is in your hands. Now hybrid system has also arrived. Why are you not taking online mode? What is the need to come to Delhi and create a crowd?