UPSC Coaching Incident: The one whom I considered like my parents broke my heart! Why are students angry with Vikas Divyakirti

When the basement of coaching institute Drishti IAS was sealed in Mukherjee Nagar on Monday, people asked questions to its founder and celebrity teacher Vikas Divyakirti on social media. Surrounded by questions, Divyakirti presented his/her side and said, this problem related to coaching institutes is not as simple as it appears from the surface. The government should implement guidelines for coaching institutes. But Divyakirti was once again surrounded by questions on this answer. When we talked to the students, they asked that Divyakirti told the responsibility of the government, but forgot to tell his/her own responsibility.

UPSC coaching incident: What did the students ask Vikas Divyakirti

Rakesh Ranjan, a Hindi medium student who has been preparing for the exam in Mukherjee Nagar for a long time, said, “Divya Kirti blamed the government and agencies and left. he/she did not explain even once what his/her responsibility is. he/she is the guardian of the students studying here. his/her explanation is nothing more than a theoretical speech.”

Om Agrawal, who is preparing for UPSC, says that Vikas Divyakirti has said in the very first point of his/her statement that we have been late in presenting our side. he/she is like a guardian to us and he/she is our role model. he/she is never late in telling whose government will be formed in which state? What is happening in America and what is happening in Russia? Does eating cause diabetes? But after the death of three children, it took him/her four days to issue his/her statement. Even in this, he/she did not tell what the owners of coaching institutes should do to prevent such incidents in future?

Dinesh Yadav, a resident of Jaunpur, says that he/she spoke about the government, but avoided speaking on his/her own responsibility. Preeti Yadav, a student from Azamgarh, said, Divyakirti has said that the anger of the students is justified. If he/she had been with us from the first day, then we would have believed that he/she is with us. Forget standing with us, it took him/her four days to even present his/her side. In the last point of his/her statement, he/she has said that if our team has made any mistake, then we again express regret for that. Instead of keeping himself at the center of responsibility, he/she has kept his/her team at the center. Whereas in his/her institute, students come to take admission in his/her name.

What did Divyakirti say in her defense?

An incident took place in the basement of Rao IAS Coaching Institute in Old Rajendra Nagar on 27 July and three students died. The death of the students revealed the real picture of coaching institutes. When people got angry, action was taken against coaching institutes. Many basements were sealed. During the same time, the basement of Divyakirti’s coaching institute was also sealed. Now Divyakirti has put forth her point in 10 points.

Expressing regret for the delay in presenting their side, they have also apologized. Divyakirti said, we are with the affected families. If we can do something for them in any way, we will feel grateful. Except ‘Delhi Master Plan-2021’, no document has given clear provisions for coaching institutes. The permanent solution to this problem is that the government should select three-four areas in Delhi and designate them for coaching institutes. If the government itself prepares class rooms, libraries, hostels, then there will be no problem of high rent nor security related issues.