BJP wants all Delhi govt schools to be shut down to make way for private players, alleges Sisodia
New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday claimed the BJP has started "weaving a new fabricated story" of corruption in the construction of Delhi government schools to target him after the CBI could not find anything against him in the excise policy case.
Addressing a press conference, he also claimed the BJP was bringing up such a fake story of corruption under a conspiracy to close 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 at least 72,000 government schools in the states ruled by the saffron party have been closed in the past seven years to make way for the opening of private schools. Sisodia's claims came a day after Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena sought a report from the chief secretary over a delay of more than two-and-half years in acting on a Central Vigilance Commission report on an inquiry into the construction of additional classrooms in government schools.
The report, which found gross irregularities and procedural lapses in execution of the projects, was sent by the CVC to the vigilance secretary in February 2020, seeking comments for further investigation and action.
Leaving aside the issue of liquor, they have now started raising a new fabricated story of scam in construction of Delhi government school buildings since yesterday, Sisodia told the press conference, without referring to the LG's directive to the chief secretary.
He alleged that the BJP has started making up a fake story of corruption in the construction of Delhi government school buildings after realising that nothing is coming out from the CBI probe in the alleged scam in excise policy. Sisodia termed all the allegations of corruption against him as lies and alleged it's the BJP's ploy to close down all the government schools in the city to pave the way for the opening of private schools.
"They are doing this under a conspiracy as the Delhi government schools have been providing quality education to its students with a world-class standard of pedagogy, state-of-the-art buildings and other infrastructure, he claimed. The Kejriwal dispensation is being appreciated all over the world for transforming the Delhi government schools, he said.
They are worried that people will start raising questions on their model of education which promotes opening of private schools if they understand that it is possible to improve the performance of government schools and make them better than the private schools...They want to ruin the country, Sisodia added.
