The confrontation between the Delhi government and Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena continued on Saturday as Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia accused the L-G of making "false allegations" against the education department and "mocking" teachers working in the national capital.
Sisodia said the L-G's letter to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday was written with a political motive and his "false allegations" against the education department were an "insult" to the students and teachers of Delhi.
"The L-G wrote the letter with a political motive and said no work has been done in the education department of Delhi. His allegations are an insult to the students and teachers of Delhi. I am requesting the L-G not to mock the work of our teachers, who have done wonders in the department," Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio, said in his letter to Saxena.
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In his letter to Kejriwal on Friday, the L-G had tried to put the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi in the dock by raising several issues related to the city's education sector.
He said the average attendance in government schools had been falling every year, dropping to 60.65 per cent in 2019-2020 from 70.73 per cent in 2012-2013. He also questioned the AAP dispensation's claims on students migrating from private schools to government schools.
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