Politics and education.

The govt. of AP had decided that all students from backward communities will not pay fees to colleges. This applies to profesional colleges and to colleges conducting PG courses. The govt. had promised to pay the colleges the fees for these students. They all got admitted, but now the govt. has no money. The colleges are protesting. Most private colleges are self-financed -- that means, they pay salaries to faculty and non teaching staff, to buy equipment and consumables, maintain college buildings, everything with the money they collect as fees from students. Now more than half the students have not paid fees. The income for these colleges has become half or less. So the college managements threatened to close the colleges. There was a hue and cry about this and the CM had insisted they open. But how will they pay the staff? how will they buy consumables?
The problem is that the late YSR made this promise, but the state exchequer is empty. The current CM is in a fix...damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.