A demonstration was held by students at the office of Social welfare department on Tuesday for delay in arrival of Scheduled Caste (SC) scholarships. The students belonging to the Pestle Weed College gathered at the office and retorted to slogan-shouting against the department. The students staged a sit-in to press for their demands. The students alleged that due to delay in arrival of SC, ST scholarships, their college is threatening to remove them.
The students complained that the students are facing problems due to long procedural delays in the arrival of scholarships in their bank accounts. They expressed anguish at the fact that there is no representation of students in the meetings of social welfare department done in this respect due to which the officials do not know about the problems faced by the students. Some of the students said that the colleges are charging full fees from them and demanded that the old practice transferring the scholarships for admissions should be adopted.