Hours after the BJP alleged corruption in the construction of school classrooms, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday hit out at the saffron party saying the Centre has not found anything against the government so it has come up with a new charge.
Earlier in the day, Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta said that in the name of making rooms in the school, the Kejriwal government has committed a scam and it has become clear in the interim report of the CVC.
Reacting to this, Sisodia, who is also the education minister, said whatever the BJP was alleging was absolutely false, “the entire country – the entire world knows Delhi has some of the best schools”
“They (Centre) raided CM’s office, then mine 4 years back. They registered cases against 40 MLAs, but didn’t find anything. Then they sent the CBI to my house in a fake excise policy case. They have realized they will not find anything. So they have started something new on schools constructed in Delhi,” Sisodia said while addressing a press conference.
Sisodia was earlier raided by the CBI in the new liquor policy case.
Sisodia said the Delhi government schools are better than several private schools and that the BJP wants to shut them to favour private players. “This (BJP) is a party of illiterates and wants to keep the country illiterate. In their own states, they have shut down several govt schools. They should investigate why so many government schools in their rule have shut,” he said.
“Between 2015-2021, over 72000 schools were shut. Over 51000 were shut in 2018-19 itself. Private schools are thriving in areas they are (BJP) shutting government schools in, those private schools have been built by their own MLAs. Almost 12000 private schools have been opened,” Sisodia claimed. “We know how to build schools, we know how to open schools and we know how to run schools,” he added.
