A protest was held under the banner of AIDSO near the old Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Tuesday, November 21, demanding sanction of scholarship to all students.
Addressing the protestors, AIDSO District president Subhash said scholarships had not been sanctioned to the students including those belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, and Minorities. The students have not received scholarships which they had applied for in the last academic year, he maintained.
A few days ago, the student scholarships given to the children of the construction workers of the State had been drastically reduced. He expressed displeasure that the scholarship amount, which was distributed annually from ₹5,000 to ₹60,000 per student, had been reduced from ₹1100 to ₹11,000, according to a release by AIDSO.
