The Delhi Assembly witnessed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s attack on Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena for the second day in a row. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal raised the issue of teacher training in Finland once more, objecting to the Delhi LG’s request for a cost-benefit analysis for the initiative. The Chief Minister read out LG Saxena’s response to the proposal, saying, “He asked if the ‘DOPT (Department of Personnel & Training) guidelines were followed,” and “what other programs were carried out in the university they are being sent to?”
“‘You are not my headmaster,’ I told LG Sahab. I excelled in school and graduated first in my class “Kejriwal made the remark the day after leading the massive Aam Aadmi Party march to the LG’s house. “My teachers never checked my homework… But LG Sahab keeps checking my handwriting and pointing out my mistakes.”
“I’m the Chief Minister… I was elected by more than 2 crore people in the national capital. ‘Your government is not doing well,’ he says.” Kejriwal went on to say in the assembly about the Colonial era. “‘You Indians, you don’t know how to govern,’ said the viceroys who were present. ‘LG Sahab, you’re speaking the same language,’
The Delhi Assembly was rocked on Monday by the AAP’s claims that the LG was interfering with government operations. Later, Kejriwal, Sisodia, and other AAP leaders marched to the LG’s residence.
The latest point of contention is the proposal to send Delhi government school teachers to Finland.
