In yet another embarrassment to the ruling Telugu Desam Party headed by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, senior actor Mohan Babu announced that he would stage a massive dharna in the temple town of Tirupati on Friday in protest against the denial of fee reimbursement to the students of his educational institutions.
Mohan Babu, once a Rajya Sabha member of the TDP, would sit on a dharna along with the thousands of students belonging to Sri Vidyaniketan Educational Institutions founded by him.
It would be definitely a negative development for Naidu ahead of the assembly and Lok Sabha elections, especially when his party is facing a tough contest in Tirupati.
For quite some time, Mohan Babu has been attacking Naidu government for failing to implement fee reimbursement scheme.
He alleged that Naidu was harassing the students of his institution by not reimbursing their tuition fees.
He alleged that the Naidu government had failed to settle the fee reimbursement dues and his institution was yet to get Rs 16 crore dues from the government until the 2018-19 academic year.
"During the academic years 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17, the state government failed to clear the fees reimbursement dues fully. They only offered a meagre amount and were treating us like beggars. Our institution is yet to get Rs 16 crore extending up to academic year 2018-19. There were several representations made but there is no response from the government end," he said.
He recalled that during the regime of former chief minister late Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, there were no troubles in the implementation of the fee reimbursement scheme.
“Never had we faced such a problem as we have been facing during the TDP regime,” he said.
