Bihar govt "failed" to release stipend of Dalit students: BJP

Raking up the issue of alleged non-release of stipend to Dalit students from Bihar, BJP today termed the Nitish Kumar government as 'anti-Dalit'.
The party also questioned Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's silence for not raising the issue with its ally.
"Bihar government is insensitive to Dalits as it has stopped scholarships of Dailt students. Nitish Kumar government has not released a single penny for their stipend. Is this the harmony they are talking about?
"BJP wants to ask Rahul Gandhi why are you silent as you are also part of the grand alliance which is in power in Bihar?" BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said.

He alleged that Bihar government has stopped the scholarship of 60 dalit students studying in an engineering college in Bhubaneswar and they are on the verge of being terminated from their studies.
Patra said the students, 18 from East Champaran district and 42 from West Champaran, are in the second year in Rajdhani Engineering College, Bhubaneswar, and were recently sent back due to non-payment of fees and hostel charges for the past one and a half years. They now face early termination of their studies, he added.
BJP said that the state government had promised to pay Rs 7,000 annual fee and Rs 10,000 as hostel charges to these students under the Dalit Stipend Scheme had but discontinued it.