AAP protests scholarship scam, sits on hunger strike

Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, June 15

The SC wing of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today began its week-long hunger strike as part of the state-level agitation against a scholarship scam.

SC wing city president Dharminder Singh Fouji, rural president Amanchain and district joint secretary Jagdish Saini sat on hunger strike at Jalandhar Bypass. The strike will continue till June 22.

AAP leader Harpal Singh Cheema said the party would continue its protest against Minister Sadhu Singh Dharmsot till he submitted his resignation for his role in the alleged misappropriation of SC/ST scholarship funds.

He said: “Protests and hunger strike by the SC wing of the party will continue all across the state. The agitation will be further intensified if the state government fails to take an action against Dharmsot.”

Another leader, Sarvjit Kaur Manuke, said the Congress government in Punjab had proved itself to be a group of scamsters as several ministers had been involved in various scams. “Even after bringing the matter of the SC/ST scholarship scam to the notice of the Chief Minister, the action promised against the guilty had failed to materialise,” she added.

Payal constituency in-charge Manwinder Singh Gyaspura alleged that the Chief Minister was also a part of the scam as he had been protecting the guilty minister and no action had still be taken against him.