Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday claimed that the BJP has started “weaving a new concoction” of corruption in the construction of Delhi government schools after the CBI found nothing against him in the excise policy case. Addressing a press conference, he also claimed that the BJP is bringing out such a fake story of corruption as part of a conspiracy to shut down all government schools and pave the way for opening of private schools in the national capital.
Sisodia called the BJP a “party of illiterates” and alleged that at least 72,000 government schools in the saffron party-ruled states have been closed in the last seven years to make way for the opening of private schools. Sisodia’s claims come a day after Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena sought a report from the Chief Secretary on the delay of over two-and-a-half years in acting on the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) report on the probe into the construction of additional classrooms. in government schools.
The report, which found gross irregularities and procedural lapses in the execution of projects, was sent by the CVC to the Vigilance Secretary in February 2020, seeking comments for further investigation and action. Sisodia told the Chief Secretary in the press conference without referring to the Lt Governor’s instructions that except on the issue of liquor, he has started raising a new concoction of scams in the construction of school buildings of the Delhi government from yesterday.
He alleged that the BJP has started creating a false story of corruption in the construction of school buildings of the Delhi government after realizing that the CBI probe into the alleged scam in excise policy was not revealing anything. Sisodia termed all the corruption allegations against him as false and alleged that it was a BJP ploy to shut down all government schools in the city to pave the way for opening of private schools.
He claimed, “They are doing this under a conspiracy because the government schools in Delhi are providing quality education to their students with world-class pedagogy, state-of-the-art buildings and other infrastructure.” He said that Kejriwal government is being appreciated all over the world for transforming Delhi government schools. They are worried that people will start questioning their model of education that promotes the opening of private schools if they understand that it is possible to improve the performance of government schools and make them better than private schools… Want to ruin it, Sisodia added.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that if the BJP wants, the CBI can conduct another raid at his residence, but the Aam Aadmi Party will not allow the saffron party to shut down a single school in Delhi. “I am not afraid of raids and cases.
Citing government figures, Sisodia said that at least 72,000 government schools have been closed in the last seven years to make way for 12,000 private schools in BJP-ruled states, while the Kejriwal government has built 700 new ones in the national capital since 2015. School buildings have been built. “The BJP worked on a mission mode to shut down government schools. He claimed that 51,000 schools were closed between September 2018-September 2019.
He said that the Delhi government has spent money on providing state-of-the-art buildings and other infrastructure to the schools. The cost will add up when you spend money on building amazing schools with nice tiles, nice desks and washrooms. He said that it is the responsibility of the government to provide good schools to the children.
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