Senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah sparked war of words as he questioned AAP chief and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘education revolution’ in the national capital.
Shah accused Kejriwal of lying on his claims on the education system, as he tweeted a video of a group of BJP MPs “exposing” the claims by investigating various schools run by the AAP government. The hashtags #KejriwalvsEntireBJP and #KejriwalExposed trended for many hours.
Sharing a four-minute video on Twitter, the Home Minister wrote, “Arvind Kejriwal ji, you had called me to visit the schools run by the Delhi government. Yesterday, eight MPs of Delhi had toured different schools and showed the conditions. The ground situation has exposed the claims of ‘revolution in education’. Now you have to give an answer to the public of Delhi.”
अरविंद केजरीवाल जी आपने मुझे दिल्ली सरकार द्वारा संचालित स्कूल देखने के लिए बुलाया था। कल दिल्ली भाजपा के आठों सांसद अलग-अलग स्कूल में गए और देखिए इनका क्या हाल है…
इनकी बदहाली ने आपकी ‘शिक्षा की क्रांति’ के दावों की पोल खोल दी।
अब आपको दिल्ली की जनता को जवाब देना होगा… pic.twitter.com/gjzgaix2rA
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) January 28, 2020
The video shows eight BJP parliamentarians – Harsh Vardhan, Vijay Goel, Parvesh Sahib Singh, Meenakshi Lekhi, Gautam Gambhir, Hansraj Hans, Manoj Tiwari and Ramesh Bidhuri – visiting some government-run schools and highlighting the lack of teachers, water and toilet facilities.
In response, the AAP leaders posted videos and photos that they said proved that some of the school photos were faked.
“Your MPs’ report is false. You misled people by taking videos of shut schools. Delhi’s education revolution happened because of the hard work of 16 lakh children, their parents and 65,000 teachers. You are insulting their effort. Why do you hate the people of Delhi so much,” Kejriwal tweeted.
They accused MP Gautam Gambhir of showing a building that has been closed for renovation since October. “Gautam Gambhir showed a school where renovation is going on. Maybe he was busy eating jalebis that he could not see the notice on the main gate,” Sisodia remarked.
सर @AmitShah जी! आपके सांसद गौतम गम्भीर जी जिस स्कूल का विडियो बनाकर लाए और आपसे ट्वीट भी करवा लिए उसका सच ये है – उसके गेट पर ही लिखा है कि नई बिल्डिंग बनने के लिए उस स्कूल को छह महीने पहले बाज़ू के स्कूल में शिफ़्ट कर दिया गया है. 1/2 https://t.co/stU1vhTVav pic.twitter.com/bWSBAbmU0Q
— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) January 28, 2020