Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday criticized his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath, saying the latter only sees the Delhi government and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) if he wakes up or goes to sleep. Kejriwal also added that the work done by Delhi to combat the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis was being discussed on all the streets of UP.
“Yogi ji, the great work in our crown is being discussed in the street mohallas of UP. Like you, we do not test for false corona. Manish ji will come to Lucknow for debate on December 22 at the invitation of his minister, ”Kejriwal’s tweet read, roughly translated from Hindi.
Kejriwal was referring to a news report that said fake names were being registered to show an increase in Covid-19 testing at Bareilly. In one case, 965 people signed up with a single mobile phone number that had only zeros, the report showed.
Meanwhile, Adityanath said that UP is the state that has conducted the most Covid-19 tests and has the lowest positivity rate and the lowest death rate.
According to the Union Health Ministry board, Uttar Pradesh has recorded more than 568,064 coronavirus cases so far, of which 8,103 people have died and almost 542,000 have been cured / discharged.
Earlier in the day, Uttar Pradesh’s Minister of Primary Education Satish Dwivedi had invited Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia of Delhi to visit schools in the state after Kejriwal made comparisons between Delhi and UP regarding work. made in the field of education.
“In Delhi, there are 1,024 public schools for classes 1-12. In Uttar Pradesh, there are at least 2000 schools for classes 1-8 even in the smallest district. I can only feel sorry for the intellect of whoever is comparing the state of 1,024 schools with a state of 1.59 lakh of schools, ”Dwivedi told ANI news agency. Furthermore, he claimed that only a few schools in the national capital had smart classes.
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Sisodia, who is also Delhi’s minister of education, responded to Dwivedi’s invitation and said he would visit Lucknow on December 22 and proposed an open debate on public schools in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
“Next Tuesday [December 22]I’ll 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 discussion on public schools in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh … I have a request, please do not withdraw the challenge now, ”Sisodia added.
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