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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Govt to release Rs 1000 cr for fee reimbursement in two days

Hyderabad,Jun 24: Refuting allegations of the opposition, including the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K.Rosaiah was ''anti-backward classes'', a group of state ministers today said the Government had decided to release Rs 1500 crores for the fee reimbursement and would release Rs 1000 crores in two days.Addressing a press conference here, BC Welfare Minister P Subhas Chandra Bose, Backward Classes Minister M. Mukesh Goud, Panchayat Raj Minister B Satyanarayana and Animal Husbandry Minister K.Parthasarathi asserted that the Congress government was committed for the welfare of the backward classes in the state.They appealed to Backward Classes Welfare Association State President R Krishnaiah to withdraw his proposed hunger strike from tomorrow, demanding fee reimbursement of the BC students. Stating that the Chief Minister was not against the interests of the backward classe, the Ministers said the government was committed to the implementation of the fee reimbursement scheme in the state though it was facing a fund crunch. Mr Bose said the sub-committee appointed by the government to look into fee reimbursement would meet again on June 29.
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