BJP to protest against delay in release of student fees in Andhra Pradesh

BJP's Andhra Pradesh unit plans to organise a sit-in across the state tomorrow protesting against delay in the release of funds for scholarships and reimbursement of fees of ecnomically backward students.
    
"The state government led by chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy has failed to keep its promise and playing with the future of students by not making payment of scholarships and reimbursement of fees of  BC, SC, ST and minority students," BJP state party president G Kishan Reddy told reporters in Hyderabad.
     
Reddy also alleged that the state government has diverted Rs700 crore central funds meant for SC and ST students.
     
Protesting against the government's attitude, a mass dharna will be organised at Indira Park here and in all district headquarters tomorrow, he said.
     
Though the government had said Rs3,431 crore was needed in the year 2010-11 for the scholarship and reimbursement of fees of poor students, it has given administrative saction only for Rs865 crore and even that amount has not yet been released, he said.
     
The BJP state president demanded the state government to release the funds immediately for the education year of 2010-11 for the benefit of 24 lakh students.