Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal has taken a swipe at its INDIA bloc partner Congress over what he claimed was "terrible quality" of government schools in Chhattisgarh.
Election will be held in the Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh this year.
Soon after Mr Kejriwal's comments, Congress leader Pawan Khera questioned Mr Kejriwal over the need for comparing Chhattisgarh with Delhi, when the comparison should be with the previous Raman Singh government in Chhattisgarh.
The exchange reignited questions on unity about the newly formed opposition INDIA bloc, whose members include the AAP and the Congress.
One of the bragging rights that Mr Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, has often openly shown is examples about how the AAP government in the national capital has improved infrastructure and quality of learning in state-run schools.
"I was reading a report that said government schools in Chhattisgarh are in terrible condition. They have closed many schools. There are schools in which there used to be 10 classes, but only teacher used to be there. Many teachers are not getting salaries too," Mr Kejriwal said at a public event in Chhattisgarh's capital 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," Mr Kejriwal said, referring to the ideology of the party that he co-founded, which drew its name from the Hindi word for a common man.
AdvertisementMr Khera, responding to the AAP chief, said there was no need for Mr Kejriwal to come to Raipur.
"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?" Mr Khera said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
Why go to Raipur? Performance of our Chattisgarh govt will be compared with the previous Raman Singh govt.
Let us choose a sector of your choice and compare the performance of Congress government in Delhi vs your govt here.
Ready for a debate?
रायपुर की उड़ान भरने से पहले... https://t.co/0wqOaOdOJO
— Pawan Khera
