Arvind Kejriwal mentioned he noticed a report that detailed horrible situation of colleges in Chhattisgarh

New Delhi:

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal has taken a swipe at its INDIA bloc associate Congress over what he claimed was “terrible quality” of presidency faculties in Chhattisgarh.

Election can be held within the Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh this 12 months.

Soon after Mr Kejriwal’s feedback, Congress chief Pawan Khera questioned Mr Kejriwal over the necessity for evaluating Chhattisgarh with Delhi, when the comparability ought to be with the earlier Raman Singh authorities in Chhattisgarh.

The change reignited questions on unity concerning the newly shaped opposition INDIA bloc, whose members embrace the AAP and the Congress.

One of the bragging rights that Mr Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, has usually overtly proven is examples about how the AAP authorities within the nationwide capital has improved infrastructure and high quality of studying in state-run faculties.

“I was reading a report that said government schools in Chhattisgarh are in terrible condition. They have closed many schools. There are schools in which there used to be 10 classes, but only teacher used to be there. Many teachers are not getting salaries too,” Mr Kejriwal mentioned at a public occasion in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur.

“Look at the condition of government schools in Delhi or ask your relatives who stay in Delhi. For the first time since Independence, a government has come that is doing so much for the education sector. We are not politicians, we are just common people like you,” Mr Kejriwal mentioned, referring to the ideology of the celebration that he co-founded, which drew its identify from the Hindi phrase for a typical man.

Mr Khera, responding to the AAP chief, mentioned there was no want for Mr Kejriwal to come back to Raipur.

“Why go to Raipur? Performance of our Chhattisgarh government will be compared with the previous Raman Singh govt. Let us choose a sector of your choice and compare the performance of the Congress government in Delhi vs your govt here. Ready for a debate?” Mr Khera mentioned in a publish on X, previously Twitter.

Why go to Raipur? Performance of our Chattisgarh govt can be in contrast with the earlier Raman Singh govt.
Let us select a sector of your selection and examine the efficiency of Congress authorities in Delhi vs your govt right here.
Ready for a debate?

रायपुर की उड़ान भरने से पहले… https://t.co/0wqOaOdOJO

— Pawan Khera 🇮🇳 (@Pawankhera) August 19, 2023

Mr Kejriwal on the Raipur occasion promised free electrical energy as much as 300 models in Chhattisgarh if the AAP kinds authorities. He was accompanied by celebration colleague and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

This was not the primary time the 2 INDIA bloc members have exchanged passive-aggressive phrases on planning for combating state elections.

On Thursday, an announcement by Congress chief Alka Lamba that the celebration has requested its leaders to organize for a contest in all of the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi subsequent 12 months had raised a row with the AAP.

“We have been told how to prepare for the 2024 election. Before the Delhi meeting, the leadership has met our people in 18 states. It has been decided all Congress leaders will immediately go to work on the seven seats in Delhi to win them,” Ms Lamba advised information company ANI. “Seven months are left. All party workers have been asked to prepare for all seven seats,” she added.

Soon, Deepak Babaria, the Congress’s in-charge of Delhi, stepped in to make clear after the AAP expressed “surprise” and questioned the necessity for the INDIA bloc if events are going to go solo.

Mr Babaria mentioned the remark was the chief’s (Ms Lamba’s) opinion and no plan on seat-sharing was mentioned within the assembly. “We did not discuss that issue in today’s meeting. The discussion was about how to strengthen the party in Delhi,” Mr Babaria mentioned.

Before Mr Babaria’s clarification, the AAP appeared to have taken a view on the matter that would have implications on the INDIA alliance.

“The Congress leader’s statement is very surprising. After such statements, what is the justification of the INDIA alliance? Arvind Kejriwal ji should decide on what to do next, which is important in the interest of the country. A decision should be taken,” AAP chief Vinay Mishra advised NDTV.

A piece of the Delhi Congress continues to be bitter over how the AAP all of a sudden got here within the scene and decimated the Congress within the 2015 Delhi election. The AAP gained 67 out of the 70 seats and the BJP took 3 seats. The Congress drew a clean then, which ended the celebration’s 15-year rule of Delhi underneath former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.

Delhi Congress chief Anil Chaudhary and celebration chief Ajay Maken, who attended a key celebration assembly referred to as by Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and MP Rahul Gandhi, highlighted attainable points linked to an alliance with the AAP, information company PTI reported.