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If AAP wins the Delhi elections, the scholarship will cover costs like transportation and lodging for students admitted to universities in India or abroad.
Delhi Assembly Elections are due in February next year.
Aam Admi Party National Convener and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced the scholarship in the name of Dr Bimrao Ambedkar for Dalit students who wish to pursue higher education. Kejriwal’s announcement comes ahead of the Delhi Assembly Elections that are due in February next year.
If AAP returns to power in Delhi, under the Dr Ambedakar scholarship, the Delhi government will fund the higher education of Dalit students covering costs like transportation and lodging after students secure admission to a university in India or abroad.
Kejriwal further announced that if AAP wins the coming election then it will continue to provide free school education to students belonging to the Dalit community up to class 12th. The party chief also promised free coaching to prepare for government jobs to the community.
Announcing the Dr. Ambedkar Scholarship for Dalit students, Arvind Kejriwal slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Home Minister Amit Shah for his remarks on Ambedkar and accused him of making fun of Ambedkar. “The words used by him (Shah) were derogatory, and the way he spoke was intended to make fun of Ambedkar,” Kejriwal said.
“No one could have imagined that in independent India, there would come a day when Ambedkar would be humiliated in the country’s parliament. The very person who gave the nation its constitution would be ridiculed,” Kejriwal added.
