A Communist Party of India (Marxist) lawmaker has urged India's federal education minister to investigate an "alarming series" of student deaths at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Kurukshetra, a publicly funded engineering university in the northern state of Haryana. CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas wrote to Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday, highlighting that four students have died at the institution between February and April 2026. The deaths have raised serious concerns about student safety at the campus and prompted calls for urgent government action.