Kashmiri students meet Rajnath

NEW DELHI: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today met a group of students from Jammu and Kashmir, studying in various universities in the country, and assured them that difficulties being faced by them with regard to academics will be resolved soon.

Four days ago, Singh had turned a good samaritan for a group of students from Jammu and Kashmir studying in a university in Jaipur, Rajasthan, who were facing difficulties in getting benefits of a government scholarship.

After witnessing the plight of the students hailing from Srinagar, Jammu and Ladakh on a news channel, Singh had first called up the journalist who reported the story and subsequently contacted the Rajasthan Education minister.

He sought resolution of their problem which pertained to availing the Prime Ministers’ Special Scholarship scheme and also asked the students to meet him here. (AGENCIES)