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States » NorthPosted at: Nov 15 2018 7:11PM


Sit-in staged by Akali Dal is a cheap political stunt : Dharamsot

Chandigarh, Nov 15 (UNI) Punjab Social Justice, Empowerment and Minority Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot has termed the sit-in staged by Shiromani Akali Dal a cheap political stunt to capture media’s attention.
In a statement here on Thursday, Mr Dharamsot said that the same party in whose regime administrative discrepancies have been committed in post matric scholarship is now posing themselves as the sympathizer of Dalits. He said that the Congress government has decided to conduct the audit of the amount released in the name of scholarship by the SAD-BJP government in order to bring forth the bungling committed by them. He said that in the audit of amount released by the private educational institutes, uptill now amount of Rs 460 crore has been found objectionable.
Refuting the accusation of the Akali Dal on Congress government for not releasing the scholarship amount, the Minister said that in reality Congress government has released Rs 203 crore under post matric scholarship in the last two years. He also revealed that the post matric scholarship amounting to Rs 1663.47 crore is pending with the central government for the 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19. Giving the break-up of amount, he said that Rs 719.52 crore for 2016-17, Rs 567.55 crore for 2017-18 and Rs 376.40 crore is pending with the Union government for the year 2018-19.
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