BJP finds ₹15,000 crore, loses the ledger
Telangana BJP president N. Ramchander Rao began a 48-hour fast over alleged fee-reimbursement dues. The headline figure remains a political claim, not a published government calculation.
The ₹15,000-crore arrears figure remains a political claim; the supporting ledger has not been published.
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The Telangana BJP has launched a 48-hour hunger strike over fee-reimbursement dues, with state president N. Ramchander Rao beginning the fast at the party’s Nampally office in Hyderabad on August 24, according to reports. The supplied claim that BJP leaders staged the protest in Khammam is not established; the accessible record places the main fast in Hyderabad.
BJP leaders put the alleged arrears at nearly ₹15,000 crore and said about 40 lakh students were affected. They also alleged that colleges were withholding certificates. Those figures remain BJP claims: no government arrears statement, student dataset or named-college evidence supporting them was found. The Telangana government’s 2025–26 scheme document lists scholarship and reimbursement budget estimates, including ₹900 crore for RTF scholarships and ₹124.44 crore for post-matric scholarships, but does not validate a ₹15,000-crore backlog.
Minister Ponnam Prabhakar said the Congress government was clearing dues left by the previous BRS administration and promised advance reimbursements through banks for SC, ST, BC and minority students from the current academic year. He also challenged the BJP to bring funds from Delhi. The BJP has produced a large number; the Congress government has produced a promise. The ledger is still missing.