Ranchi, Dec. 16 -- : Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Rishikesh Singh today dismissed the BJP Yuva Morcha's protest over student scholarships as "political theatrics", alleging that the Centre-led BJP government was deliberately withholding funds meant for OBC students.
Reacting to the BJP Yuva Morcha's 'shav-yatra' in Ranchi, Singh said the protest was not aimed against the Mahagathbandhan government but was an attempt to hide the BJP's "own failures, hypocrisy and double standards". He alleged that the same OBC and youth whose cause BJP claims to champion have been denied their constitutional rights by the central government for years.
Singh said the post-matric scholarship scheme is a joint responsibility of the Centre...