Srinagar, Dec 11, KDC: Jammu and Kashmir Gujjar Bakerwal Youth Welfare Conference, activists held a protest in Press enclave Srinagar, against Tribal Affair Department on delaying to disburse the scholarship among ST students on Friday.
The Protest was led by Zahid Parwaz, its State President. While speaking with the media persons here according to news agency KDC, Zahid alleged that the Tribal Affair department has made the life of Tribal student’s hell after a long wait of eleven months to disburse the ST Scholarship to students.
Zahid said, the department has become the hub of corruption, those who pay bribes to the authorities they would release the Scholarship in their favour, those who don’t pay them bribes they are being made suffered and harassed Choudhary alleged.
He said “Only five to six thousands students have applied for scholarships but authorities have failed to provide them scholarship on time which is the matter of great concern.”
They have appealed to the Lieutenant Governor to personally look into the matter and direct concerned authorities to release the scholarship. (KDC)
