BJP Chief Begins 48-Hour Fast Demanding Reimbursement of Tuition Fees

Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Monday began a 48-hour hunger strike demanding that the Congress government release pending dues of students' tuition fee reimbursement scheme.

Rao, who began the fast at the party office here, said the pending dues to the tune of Rs 12,000 crore have put the future of about 20 lakh students at stake.

The dues rose to Rs 12,000 crore as Rs 8,000 crore was already pending when the previous BRS government demitted office in December 2023, he said. The private colleges are withholding the certificates of students in view



of the dues, he said.

The colleges are not able to pay salaries to their staff members in view of the non-payment of funds under the scheme, he said. Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of BJP, has collected the signatures of five lakh students in colleges, which shows their anger, he said.

Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy is handling the education portfolio, but the department has been thrown to the wind, he alleged. The BJP leader demanded that Revanth Reddy give up the education portfolio in view of his alleged failure to address people's problems.