BARTI Students Celebrate As Maharashtra Govt Grants 100% Scholarships After Protests|File Photo
For the last 2 and a fifty percent years, PhD trainees were battling for fellowships at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Research and Training Institute (BARTI). Finally, the closet introduced the choice to give 100% scholarships to 763 trainees of BARTI. An overall expense of around 37 crore has actually been authorized for this.
This has actually been valued by the trainees, that were opposing for the last lots of days versus the state federal government’s choice to give just 50 percent of the pending scholarship fund from the day of the scholarship honor. The trainees, pointing out monetary difficulty, released an appetite strike on August 5. They also secured a lengthy march of 200 kilometres from Phulewada in Pune to Vidhan Bhavan inMumbai In objection, one PhD pupil attempted to self-immolate before the institute gateway in Pune.
Seema Wankhede, a PhD pupil, claimed, “The success of the students’ struggle and agitation belongs to the entire Ambedkari community. All the political parties and social organisations of Shahu, Phule, Ambedkar ideology took part in this struggle. The government has accepted our demand. Thanks to them. For the past two years, all of us PhD students have been struggling continuously. We created pressure on the government by using different ways like agitations, marches, and long marches. We got valuable support from all the party organisations and social organisations of the Ambedkari movement. We express our gratitude to everyone who has given us help and strength.”
“Research is very important for the overall development of the country. And it is equally important that the government spends money through fellowships with a special focus on research students. A fellowship is essential for providing the necessary services to students if research of the highest quality is required. The government had reduced it. Now we have received our rightful 100% fellowship. We will definitely put it to good use and contribute to the development of the society and the country through our research,” claimed one more PhD pupil, Mangesh Dutonde.
Namita Kharat, likewise a PhD pupil, included, “It is the constitutional right of BARTI students to get 100% fellowship. The policy which the government had decided was violative of Article 46. Also, there were injustices against Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students. We publicly protested and opposed the same policy and the decision of 50% fellowship. Finally, our struggle has succeeded. This struggle lasted for 110 days in front of Barti office, 60 days at Azad Maidan in Mumbai, 10 days long march on foot from Pune to Mumbai, and again 12 days of hunger strike. This is a success after such a long struggle.”
“After a long agitation and hunger strike, research students met Chief Minister Eknath Shinde twice. On August 23, once again there was an interaction with the CM through video conference. Before that, all the research students had met Balasaheb Ambedkar at his office in Mumbai. Balasaheb also pursued this issue consistently. All the activists, leaders, office bearers, and vigilant citizens of the Ambedkari movement gave us the strength to fight and make it successful,” stressed Ajay Gangurde, PhD pupil.
