By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh
08th September:- Police resorted to lathicharge and used
water cannons on members of Punjab Youth Congress (PYC) today when they were
protesting against the misutilization of funds meant for scholarship of
scheduled and backward students by the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)
government in Punjab. Many of them including the president of PYC Amarpreet
Singh Lally were detained by the Police while they were marching towards
Assembly from Congress Youth Bhawan, Sector 15 in Chandigarh.
Amarpreet Singh Lally said that wrong policies were being pursued
by the ruling SAD-BJP combine government. He said that the central
government stopped the release Rs 500 crore under the SC Scholarship scheme in
2015-16 to Punjab because state government failed to produce the utilization
certificate. Sukhbir Badal had ordered a vigilance inquiry into the scam which
is yet to start which clearly shows callous attitude of state government
towards Dalit students. He added that it appears that funds are being used on
Sangat Darshan and other government related activities. The due benefit is not
reaching to the real beneficiaries. The state government has also failed provide
us satisfactory answers on this issue under the Right to Information Act (RTI).
While condemning the undemocratic act of Police, Amarpreet Singh Lally
said that many of our workers have broken bones and Police can keep arresting
us but we will continue our fight for the rights of these students. We want
justice for scheduled caste and backward students of Punjab who have been
deprived of their rights.
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