The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday strongly criticized the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government for its model of education. BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra “exposed” a document related to the Delhi government and talked about the “perfect condition of Delhi government schools”.
The Kejriwal-led AAP government is vocal about the “successful” education model in the national capital, and Deputy Chief Minister Sisodia had earlier participated in debates with education ministers from other states.
Sambit Patra had shared the contents of the letter showing the grievances of Delhi government schools. Several complaints have been received by the Public Works Department (PWD) from various schools regarding non-completion of works, use of substandard materials and various deficiencies in construction. These shortcomings hinder the objective of the Directorate of Education. Patra quoted the letter dated July 20.
He said that the complaints mentioned in the letter included corruption, dangerous condition of the building, working using low quality material and various other deficiencies.
“Due to the above complaints, the operation of the schools has become very difficult and it poses a threat to the students and staff and also the properties of the school,” he read out the communication.
The BJP leader said the letter raised the same questions that his party has been asking for a long time. He said Kejriwal, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain, who held the PWD portfolio and are now in jail for money laundering, used to make tall claims about their government’s work in the field of education, he alleged. It was all propaganda.
He said the complaints pertained to the work of the PWD department, which was conducted by Jain. “Kejriwal and Sisodia gave him a clean chit. Was he doing the same good work,” Patra asked. “Education is not a matter of publicity and advertisement. It is a priority area,” he said. He said the BJP wants answers from Kejriwal for allegations of corruption and use of substandard material.