New Delhi : Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister and education minister Manish Sisodia on Friday once again wrote a letter to the LG regarding the proposal of teachers’ training in Finland, days after VK Saxena allegedly rejected the similar proposal.
Minister Sisodia said in a tweet, “Delhi government has re-sent the file for training of teachers to Finland to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena and requested that the LG should not obstruct the training of teachers and give his approval on the proposal.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also expressed hope that permission would be granted for the teachers to travel abroad for the programme. The Delhi government had alleged that while returning the earlier proposal, Saxena asked them to first conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the programme.
Reacting over the step taken by the AAP led government, the East- delhi BJP MP Gautam Gambhir said in a tweet, “The kind of spirited efforts that Kejriwal is making to ensure the Finland trip, had he made such efforts for Jan Lokpal, (combating) pollution, clean water, Yamuna and hospitals, then the face and fate of Delhi would have changed #DelhiNeedsHonesty,”
Kejriwal had earlier said Saxena twice returned a file containing the proposal, asking if a cost-benefit analysis of the programme had been done.
Members of the AAP, led by Atishi, protested outside the Lt Governor’s residence last week over the issue.
The Raj Niwas, however, said at the time that the “LG has not rejected the proposal for the training programme for primary-in-charges in Finland. Any statement on the contrary is misleading and mischievously motivated”.
Sisodia, who is also the Education minister, said in a tweet in Hindi, “The proposal to send Delhi government teachers to Finland for training has been sent again to the LG.” Quoting Sisodia’s tweet, Kejriwal said, “I hope the Hon’ble LG will permit Delhi government school teachers to go abroad for training.” The fresh proposal was sent amid rising tensions between the Kejriwal government and Saxena over several issues.
Kejriwal had earlier said Saxena twice returned a file containing the proposal, asking if a cost-benefit analysis of the programme had been done. The Raj Niwas, in a series of tweets, then clarified that the Lt Governor had only advised the Delhi government to evaluate the proposal in totality and assess the effectiveness of such foreign training programmes undertaken in the past. Saxena advised the government to identify similar training programmes in Indian institutions, it had said.
