BJP Demands Release of Rs 8K cr Fee Dues for Private Colleges

BJP state president N. Ramchander Rao announced that the party’s full support for the bandh called by private colleges demanding the release of mounting fee reimbursement dues totaling Rs 8,000 crore from the state government. 

He emphasised that higher education in Telangana was in crisis as private college managements were unable to pay the salaries of their teaching and non-teaching staff.

In a statement, Ramchander Rao highlighted the enormous



backlog of dues had severely affected the financial health of these colleges, many of which were struggling to operate and meet salary commitments to professors, lecturers and teachers. 

Despite being in power for two years, the Revanth Reddy-led Congress government has not released a single rupee towards these dues. While ministers have been making empty promises over the past six months, assuring a resolution, no clear decision has been made to release the pending payments.