Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia may not accompany First Lady Melania Trump to a government school during her brief visit to the national capital in the coming week.

The US first lady and president Donald Trump will be on a two-day visit to India starting from Monday (February 24).
On Tuesday, the First Lady is scheduled to visit a Delhi government school in the morning for her ‘Be Best’ initiative. For her school visit, Kejriwal and Sisodia, who is also the city’s education minister, were to welcome Melania Trump at the school and brief her about the Happiness Curriculum being imparted to the students.

However, officials in the Delhi government said that the CM’s office was informed on Saturday morning that the names of Kejriwal and Sisodia were dropped from the list attendees in the school event.

“It is bizarre that not even the city’s education minister could make it to the guest list, even as the entire school event will be focussed on the Happiness Curriculum launched by Delhi government in its schools in 2018. We are yet to be told who will explain the nuances of the course to the First Lady. We have learnt that the names of the CM and deputy CM were dropped on the Central government’s pressure,” a senior government official said on condition of anonymity.

AAP alleged that it was the centre’s plan to drop the two top Delhi leaders from the VVIP event.
It was Manish Sisodia who had introduced the “happiness curriculum” two years ago as an attempt to reduce stress among schoolchildren. It involves 40 minutes of meditation, relaxing and even outdoor activities.

President Trump and Melania Trump will attend a mega “Namaste, Trump” event at a newly-built cricket stadium in Ahmedabad – said to be the world’s largest – and travel to Agra to see the Taj Mahal before reaching Delhi for the operative part of the visit.