Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday requested his Rajasthan peer Ashok Gehlot to allot an acre of land free of cost in Rajasthan’s Kota city for a hostel for students from the central state pursuing coaching there, officials said.
In a letter to Gehlot, who is in Raipur to attend the Congress’ three-day plenary session that began on Friday, Baghel said a large number of students from Chhattisgarh stay put in Kota for pursuing coaching in various courses.
Both states are currently being governed by the Congress. Kota is home to a massive coaching industry worth Rs 6,000 crore. Last year, nearly 2 lakh students enrolled in various coaching institutes, mostly focussing on JEE and NEET, in the city.
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For the convenience of such students from Chhattisgarh, the state government is keen to construct a hostel there, Baghel said. The CM also urged Gehlot to provide a plot of about one acre at no cost to the Chhattisgarh government at a place not far from the coaching institutes in Kota for the hostel, said his letter.
