Delhi CM lashes out at Covid-19 management, quality of education, Sisodia calls for ‘open debate’


A day after Arvind Kejriwal announced that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest the 2022 elections in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi CM criticized its Uttar Pradesh counterpart on Wednesday. COVID-19 the management and quality of school education in the most populous state of India.

The war of words sparked criticism from UP Basic Education Minister Satish Dwivedi about the state of public schools, while Delhi’s Senior Deputy Minister Manish Sisodia sought an open debate on education with top political leaders of the UP. UP.

Kejriwal alleged irregularities in the realization of forgeries coronavirus evidence and shared a news report on Twitter supporting his allegations.

“It seems that the good governance of the AAP in Delhi is after Yogi Adityanath. The great work we have done in COVID-19 The administration in Delhi is now being discussed by people from Uttar Pradesh. Unlike you, we didn’t have to resort to counterfeiting. COVID-19 evidence, ”Kejriwal tweeted.

“Anyway, Manish (Sisodia) has accepted the invitation of his minister and will be in Lucknow on December 22 for a debate,” Kejriwal added.

Meanwhile, the Yogi Adityanath government responded. “Regarding the fight against COVID-19 in Delhi he is worried, why did the central government have to intervene? Because they (the AAP government) had failed… Mr. Kejriwal is daydreaming, ”said Minister of State Sidharth Nath Singh. Singh referred to a series of measures announced by the Center in June and November to increase testing and curb the rise in infections.

Comparing the quality of education, Sisodia and Dwivedi publicly discussed the matter, the Hindustan Times reported.

On Tuesday, Dwivedi had invited Kejriwal and Sisodia to visit Uttar Pradesh for a tour of the public schools. In his announcement of the UP polls, Kejriwal had highlighted the conditions of sanitary facilities, schools, government and law and order in Uttar Pradesh.

“BJP leaders called for a debate on school models. They challenged me to a visit and also to an open debate. I accept both challenges. Next Tuesday (December 22) I will be in Lucknow. Please let me know where to go for the debate and who to discuss with: the prime minister, the deputy minister of government or the UP minister of education. Let’s have an open debate on public schools in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh… I have a request, please don’t back down now, ”Sisodia said in an informational video.

The Delhi government is the first and only one to spend 25% of its budget on schools… The plight of UP public schools is well known, added Sisodia. However, Dwivedi rejected the suggestion to improve the schools, calling it “childish”.

“I only reacted to the announcement by the head of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Prime Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, that the party would contest the 2022 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. And that it wasn’t about debating with Sisodia. I have several more commitments that day and there is no time to debate with him, “he added.

Comparing the size of the state, Dwivedi added that we have 1.59 lakh government primary and upper primary schools in Uttar Pradesh where 1.8 million students are enrolled, which is almost the total population of Delhi. While Delhi has 1,024 public schools, he added.

Singh also criticized the flagship initiative of the AAP’s neighborhood clinic or mohalla.

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