Senior Congress leader and Deputy leader in Legislative Assembly Md Ali Shabbir accused the Telangana and AP governments of playing with the lives of students with their tussle on EAMCET row.
He said the face-off between the two states had badly hurt the interest of Telangana students last year. Therefore, the ongoing controversy should be put to an end to ensure that the Telangana students are not left confused.
Shabbir Ali also slammed the State Government for non-implementation of FAST (Financial Assistance for Students of Telangana) scheme.
He said instead of "FAST", the scheme should be renamed as "SLOW" in view of snail-paced progress on its implementation. He said the delay in implementation of the scheme was creating several problems for the parents.
Citing an instance of Rajampet village of Biknoor mandal of Nizamabad district, he said a person, who was already upset over denial of physically handicapped pension, committed suicide after a college management asked him to pay fee for his daughter as it was not getting reimbursement under FAST scheme from the government.
The Congress leader asked Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao to expedite the implementation of FAST.
