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The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today said scheduled caste students in Punjab were suffering due to the apathy of both the previous Congress and the present Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government while demanding immediate release of the State's share of Rs 250 crore in order to ensure the release of the central share of Rs 930 crore under the SC Post Matric Scholarship scheme to SC students in the State.

In a statement here, senior leader Dr Daljit Singh Cheema said "SC students should not be made to suffer due to the criminal negligence displayed by both the previous Congress and present AAP government".

He said while the previous Congress government had refused to release its share under the scheme for three consecutive years from 2017 to 2020 during the course of which the Post Matric Scholarship scheme was discontinued leading to denial of scholarships to around three lakh SC students, the AAP government had not released its share of Rs 250 crore due to which the central government had withheld its share of Rs 930 crore under the scheme.

Asking the AAP government to walk the talk, Dr Daljit Cheema said the Aam Aadmi Party purportedly claimed to champion education but it was sleeping over such an important matter.
(editor@dailyworld.in)