Student organisations protesting outside the Telangana Assembly on Saturday over pending fee reimbursement dues, scholarships and the withdrawal of Government Order No. 97 were stopped by police, with ABVP and Telangana Rashtra Samithi Vidyarthi (TRSV) activists taken into custody, Telangana Today reported.
The protesters were seeking the release of outstanding fee reimbursement and scholarship payments, along with action on a range of student-related issues. They also demanded that the state government revoke GO No. 97, which merges polytechnics with Young India Skills University, an institution established under a public-private partnership.
Several student groups attempted to proceed towards the Assembly premises during the protest. According to the report, ABVP and TRSV activists raised slogans against the government before police intercepted them and took them into custody.
The protest places two connected questions before the state administration: the delay in releasing financial support intended for students and the institutional restructuring proposed under GO No. 97. For students dependent on fee reimbursement and scholarships, delays in government payments can affect their ability to continue education, although the report does not specify the total amount pending or the number of students affected.
TRSV president Ramu Yadav said the government was neglecting students’ problems and warned that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy would face a political cost for ignoring their demands. His statement was made in the context of the protest and was not accompanied in the report by a response from the state government or the police.
The reported detention followed the protesters’ attempt to move towards the Assembly. The available report does not provide details on the number of people detained, the legal sections, the duration of custody or whether any protesters were released. It also does not record an official explanation from the police for stopping the activists.
The immediate demands remain the clearance of pending fee reimbursement dues and scholarships, withdrawal of GO No. 97 and resolution of the student organisations’ other grievances. No government decision or formal response to the demands was reported by the time of publication.
