Chennai, July 20 -- VCK Founder-President Thol Thirumavalavan has alleged that the BJP-led Centre had reduced scholarship allocations for students from reserved categories and urged the INDIA bloc parties to raise the issue during Parliament's Monsoon Session.

"On behalf of VCK, I spoke (at the INDIA bloc online meeting on July 19) about the post-metric scholarship and overseas scholarship for students from reserved categories and minorities. Over the past decade, the BJP government has gradually reduced the allocation of scholarships to students from reserved categories," Thirumavalavan told ANI on Sunday.

"On behalf of the INDIA Bloc, we have to raise this issue to protect the rights of minorities," he said. Thirumavalavan said that D...