The SC wing of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday held a starvation strike and protested throughout the state towards the alleged ‘rip-off’ within the post-matric scholarship scheme for Dalit college students.
In a press release issued from the AAP headquarters right here on Tuesday, senior occasion chief and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Punjab Assembly Harpal Singh Cheema mentioned the starvation strikes and demonstrations – led by the district in-charge of the occasion’s SC wing – have been throughout Punjab. in entrance of the places of work of the Deputy Commissioners. A lot of district leaders and occasion volunteers participated within the protest and raised slogans towards the ruling Congress authorities and the registration of circumstances beneath the SC/ST Act towards Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal and Social Welfare Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot. demanded.
AAP’s SC wing has began an indefinite starvation strike at district headquarters throughout the state towards the difficulty of post-matric scholarships to poor Dalit college students and scholarship scamster Sadhu Singh Dharamsot.
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Cheema mentioned that the Captain Amarinder Singh-led Congress authorities spent crores of rupees on scholarships of two lakh Dalit college students and put their future at risk. He mentioned that the wrestle of the Aam Aadmi Party will proceed until a case is registered towards the ministers Manpreet Singh Badal and Sadhu Singh Dharamsot. Cheema mentioned an inquiry report submitted by a senior IAS officer Kripa Shankar Saroj on the post-matric scholarship rip-off revealed that the social welfare minister had given grants to his shut managers of faux schools. “As a result, private colleges have not received funds and lakhs of Dalit students have been deprived of their right to education,” he mentioned.
He mentioned that earlier Akali Dal Badal and BJP authorities beneath the management of Parkash Singh Badal had looted the rights of Dalits. Now the Congress authorities was additionally doing the identical.
The LOP mentioned that the Aam Aadmi Party had raised its voice towards the scholarship rip-off, despite the fact that the state authorities had launched some quantity to personal schools, however Dalit college students wouldn’t be capable of sit of their examinations till the federal government launched the stability quantity of Rs. doesn’t. 1,539 crores.
“While the government has misappropriated scholarship money for Dalit students, it has also discriminated against in providing jobs to Dalit youth and promoting employees,” he mentioned. Cheema mentioned that in view of the meeting elections to be held in Punjab in a couple of months, the Congress authorities is doing drama by releasing some quantity of scholarship after matriculation.
“People of Punjab will take cognizance of the injustice done by the government and give a befitting reply to Captain Amarinder Singh,” he mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
