Activists of the Telugu Desam Party minorities wing staged a demonstration in front of Prakasam Bhavan here on Monday in protest against the YSR Congress Party government's decision to scrap the Dulhan scheme.
Leading the protest, TDP Ongole Lok Sabha unit minority wing president Sk. Razool Mohammad said the previous TDP government had provided ₹50,000 each to poor Muslim youth for their marriage. It was unfortunate that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who had promised to enhance the financial assistance to ₹1 lakh in the run up to the 2019 Assembly elections, had now wound up the scheme citing paucity of funds, he said.
