Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged the voters in Himachal Pradesh to vote for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the coming Assembly elections if they want their children to have a bright future.
Addressing a gathering at the town hall in Hamirpur district of the state along with his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann, Kejriwal said, “In Himachal Pradesh, 14 lakh students go to schools. Of these, 8.5 lakh students go to government schools while 5.5 lakhs go to private schools. This means most students go to government schools, which indicates poverty in the state.”
The Delhi CM further said that “looking at the education system of Himachal Pradesh, the future of these 8.5 lakhs students remains in darkness. There are 2,000 schools in the state where there is just one teacher and 722 schools that have just one room.”
“If you want the 8.5 lakh students studying in Himachal Pradesh government schools to have a bright future, give a chance to the AAP,” the chief minister said.
Kejriwal also talked about the education system in the national capital, saying the ruling AAP government has secured the future of 16 lakh students studying in over 1,100 government schools by making positive changes in the education system.
The Delhi government spent Rs 80,000-85,000 crores on government schools in the last seven years by allocating 25 percent of the total budget of the national capital towards education, he said.
The chief minister further dared the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress leaders that if they have courage, seek votes in the name of education and employment.
“I have come here to seek votes in the name of education and health. If you want your children to have a bright future, give one chance to the AAP. We are not so bad,” he added.
