AAP Leader Saurabh Bhardwaj addresses a press conference at AAP HQ in New Delhi on Tuesday.
| Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the recent fee hike in some private schools. The Opposition party claimed that there is a link between the ruling BJP and the president of an association representing unaided private schools, Bharat Arora, which has resulted in exorbitant fee hikes in schools.
The BJP claimed that AAP was trying to create a perception that “all is not well in the BJP regime”.
Delhi AAP president Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that Mr. Arora had actively campaigned for the BJP before the February poll. “This is an open-and-shut case of ‘conflict of interest’ involving the Chief Minister. The same organisation — and its head — whose primary agenda is to push for school fee hikes across Delhi, was embedded in the election campaign of the BJP’s chief ministerial candidate,” said Mr. Bharadwaj.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said AAP is disgruntled by the loss in the February poll. “AAP workers are posting fake tweets from revived X accounts to create a perception against the BJP. But they won’t succeed as people know that there are no power or water cuts in Delhi and there is no mass school fee hike,” he said.
‘Abysmal school infra’
Meanwhile, Education Minister Ashish Sood on Tuesday assured that the government schools which are in poor condition will be revamped soon. His announcement came after a surprise inspection of four schools in Patparganj constituency, which he found to be in a “dilapidated” condition.
Published – April 09, 2025 01:22 am IST
