Last Update: 17 August 2022, 21:41 IST
Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia made the first of the election promises at a meeting of AAP workers and supporters in Shimla on Wednesday. (Image: PTI/FILE)
AAP, which has popularized several subsidized government schemes in Delhi, is trying to carve a niche for itself in the politics of the hill state.
The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday announced a “guarantee of free education” to every child if it comes to power in the upcoming assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh. The party, which has popularized several such subsidized government schemes in Delhi, is trying to carve a niche for itself in the politics of the hill state.
At a meeting of AAP workers and supporters in state capital Shimla, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia made the first of poll promises. It promised that every child in the state would be given free and quality education in government schools. Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann also attended the meeting.
Giving other education-related guarantees, Sisodia said all schools would be made excellent on the lines of such schools in Delhi and private schools would not be allowed to increase fees illegally. He further said that temporary teachers would be regularised, vacant posts of teachers would be filled and they would not get any non-teaching work.
AAP is currently in power in the neighboring states of Punjab and Delhi. The party has already started its campaign in the state with the party convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal holding some road shows. The party was accusing, among other issues, of “a failing education system” in the state, in order to counter the Jai Ram Thakur-led government. The party also launched a “video campaign” highlighting the “poor condition” of schools in the state.
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