Congress bristles as fellow INDIA bloc member AAP takes potshot at its government in Chhattisgarh | India News
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“I was reading a report, government schools in Chhattisgarh are in terrible condition.They have closed many schools in which there used to be 10 classes but one teacher used to be there,” the AAP national convener said during a rally in Raipur.
“Look at the condition of government schools in Delhi or ask your relatives who stay in Delhi. For the first time since Independence, a government has come that is doing so much for the education sector. “We are not politicians, we are just common people like you,” he added.
Khera challenges Kejriwal to debate
Reacting sharply to the attack, Congress leader Pawan Khera slammed Kejriwal’s comments and asked for a debate to compare the performance of the Congress government in Delhi vs AAP government.
“Why go to Raipur? Performance of our Chhattisgarh government will be compared with the previous Raman Singh govt. Let us choose a sector of your choice and compare the performance of the Congress government in Delhi vs your govt here. Ready for a debate?” Khera said in a post on X (formerly called Twitter).
Row over Delhi Lok Sabha seats
The latest war of words comes on the heels of a controversy that had erupted between AAP and Congress over Alka Lamba’s statement claiming that the party had asked its cadres and leaders to start making preparations for Delhi’s seven Lok Sabha seats for the 2024 elections.
This statement triggered the AAP to threaten a walkout from the INDIA bloc. This forced Congress-in-charge of Delhi to make clarification that no talks had been held on the alliance in Delhi.
Kejriwal announces 10 guarantees
During his rally in Raipur, Kejriwal announced ten “guarantees” for the upcoming assembly polls in the Congress-ruled state.
- The guarantees included 24-hour uninterrupted power supply — free upto 300 units — to every household
- Waiver of pending electricity bills till November 2023
- Rs 1,000 monthly ‘samman rashi’ (honorarium) to all women aged above 18 years
- Free quality education to school children
- Free and better health treatment to every citizen of Chhattisgarh, mohalla clinics in every village and ward in cities
- Employment and allowance of Rs 3,000 per month to those unemployed
- Free pilgrimage for senior citizens
- Corruption-free Chhattisgarh
- Rs 1 crore to the kin of personnel of state police and army jawans (who belong to Chhattisgarh) martyred in the line of duty as ‘samman rashi’ and regularize contractual employees
- The tenth guarantee is about farmers and tribals but Kejriwal said he would reveal it during his next visit.
(With inputs from agencies)
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