19 hrs ago
Telangana Government Promises All-Party Meeting After Scholarship Questions
Akbaruddin Owaisi asked many questions about scholarships and fee payments for students.
He wanted to know why some students had not received money or had their applications rejected.
He also questioned how the government chose beneficiaries.
The minister answering him mainly read figures from an earlier response.
Akbaruddin said those figures did not answer his questions.
A senior minister defended the response.
The government also agreed to hold a meeting with all political parties.
The meeting will discuss how to resolve the problems.
The Telangana government agreed to convene an all-party meeting on fee reimbursement and scholarship issues.
Akbaruddin Owaisi questioned pending payments for pre-matric and post-matric students across several beneficiary groups.
He alleged irregularities and confusion over applications, approvals, rejections, and beneficiary selection.
Minister Adluri Laxman Kumar read figures from his earlier response and offered to provide written answers.
The government defended the minister’s response while promising broader discussions on the matter.
- Who
- AIMIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi, Telangana ministers D. Sridhar Babu and Adluri Laxman Kumar, and Speaker Kadiam Srihari.
- What
- The Telangana government agreed to hold an all-party meeting about pending scholarships and fee reimbursement.
- Where
- The Telangana Legislative Assembly in Hyderabad.
- When
- Friday, during a Telangana Legislative Assembly session.
- Why
- Akbaruddin Owaisi raised concerns about unpaid dues, beneficiary selection, rejected applications, and students’ certificates being withheld by colleges.
Akbaruddin Owaisi’s Concerns
Telangana Government’s Response
Whether the questions were answered
Akbaruddin Owaisi’s Concerns
Akbaruddin Owaisi said the minister mostly repeated figures from an earlier reply instead of answering his questions and offered specific written explanations.
Telangana Government’s Response
D. Sridhar Babu said the minister had comprehensively responded to the questions and defended the government’s handling of the reply.
Scholarship administration
Akbaruddin Owaisi’s Concerns
Akbaruddin Owaisi alleged large-scale irregularities and confusion over applications, approvals, rejections, and beneficiary selection.
Telangana Government’s Response
The government agreed to discuss all related issues through an all-party meeting but did not concede the allegations in the reported exchange.
Handling the debate
Akbaruddin Owaisi’s Concerns
Akbaruddin Owaisi argued that ministers and their officials should be able to answer his questions, even when he asked many at once.
Telangana Government’s Response
Speaker Kadiam Srihari urged him to ask only a few questions at a time so the minister could respond.
Key facts
- Main issue
- Pending pre-matric and post-matric scholarships and fee reimbursement
- Beneficiary groups
- SC, ST, BC, minority and economically backward class students
- Government action
- An all-party meeting will be convened
- Questioner
- Akbaruddin Owaisi, AIMIM floor leader
- Minister questioned
- Adluri Laxman Kumar, minister for SC development
- Allegations
- Irregularities in beneficiary selection and unclear application approvals and rejections
- Requested answers
- A timeline for clearing dues, the Centre’s contribution, selection authority, and measures concerning students’ certificates
Quotes
Akbaruddin Owaisi
AIMIM floor leader in the Telangana Legislative Assembly
“The ministers are capable, they can answer any questions. They have highly capable and educated IAS officers to help them. I am only a 12th class pass, I am sure they can answer the questions.”
deccanchronicle.com
“the minister has comprehensively responded to all questions.”
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Sources
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