CM Kejriwal’s Twitter war with Pargat Singh
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday, in a Twitter war with Punjab education minister Pargat Singh, urged people to vote for the Congress. But there is a twist in his words.
The chief minister wrote on Twitter, "Those who are happy with Punjab's schools and the current education system, vote for the Congress. Vote for AAP if you want a brilliant education system like Delhi in your state."
This was a reply to Punjab education minister Pargat Singh's tweets in which he said, the Delhi CM might have missed the developed picture of Punjab's education system as he is a Delhiite and gets interested in Punjab issues only around elections.
Punjab Education Minister further said, "Arvind Kejriwal ji, there is already a revolution going in education in Punjab. It is a different case that you missed the development. It is understandable for a Delhiite whose interest in Punjab is aroused only around elections. Punjab topped the country in school education in National Performance Grade Index (NPGI) in the recent survey Whereas, Delhi was on 6th position. Punjab was above Delhi on all the 5 parameters -learning outcomes, Access, Infrastructure & Facilities, Equity and Governance in the survey."
Pargat then said that the pupil to teacher ratio in Punjab government schools is 24.5:1 compared to 35:1 in Delhi.
The minister tweeted urging that Kejriwal said not to be worried about the transfer policy of teachers in Punjab, "Since your information about the state is so patchy, I would like to tell you that we are already in the process of recruiting more than 20k teachers by December end. This is in addition to 8,886 who have been regularised already. 1,117 staff members have been promoted and many more are on the way."
On this CM Arvind Kejriwal recently tweeted, “The exchange comes at a time when the war of words between the Congress and the AAP has intensified ahead of the assembly elections. Accusing Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi of copying his policies, Kejriwal recently said that Channi is a 'nakli Kejriwal'. "Beware of him. Don't go by his words. I keep all my promises made to the people."
On Wednesday, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Sidhu wrote the note without Highlighting AAP or the Kejriwal Government that people won't fall prey to populist schemes that totally lack budget allocation and a proper framework. "Schemes are just made to take credit, a fast-paced reaction to popular demands, without thought of governance and economy. History tells populist measures only hurt people in the long run. True leaders will not give candies but will focus on building the foundations of society and economy. Credit games don't last, they put more baggage of debt and depressed economic growth onto society. Punjab needs a policy-based redemption and soon every Punjabi will be wealthy and prosperous as we were in earlier times. The Punjab model is the only way forward!!"
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