New Delhi:
Sharp reactions are coming from AAP ministers after Lt Governor Najeeb Jung asked Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to return to Delhi immediately in the wake of sudden spurt in dengue and chikungunya cases in the national capital. Sisodia is currently in Finland on a study tour.
After Somnath Bharti, who took it to Twitter to attack Jung, saying Manish Sisodia is not Delhi LG's 'health secretary', now AAP minister Kapil Mishra has written an open letter to LG. Taking a swipe at Jung, Mishra asked LG about his tour to America at a time when the city was fighting dengue and chikungunya.
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He said that instead of calling back Sisodia, LG should have called him or Satyendra Jain to discuss his concerns. He also asked him to visit hospitals with them and get involved in some fogging in order to fight chikungunya and dengue together.
Letter to LG Saab, Note - first read the lines, then read between the lines. pic.twitter.com/sPBXaJgqXl
— Kapil Mishra (@KapilMishraAAP) September 17, 2016
Sisodia, who also hold the education portfolio, along with his officers are in Finland to study the education system of that country. Source said, besides Sisodia, all officers including Education Secretary have been directed to return to Delhi immediately.
Earlier on Friday, Congress activists observed ‘Bhagoda Divas’ in Delhi to protest against the alleged absence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Sisodia and other ministers from the national capital which is at present reeling under chikungunya and dengue outbreak.
Refuting the allegation of the Opposition that he is “holidaying” in Finland, Sisodia said it was not a “sin” to study the schooling system of other countries to fix the problems in Delhi’s education system.
He said he had worked hard to improve the education system in the national capital and he was in Finland to see what more needs to be done.“Learning from across the world is not a sin. It’s a sin to defame an educational tour as a ‘holiday’. I’m in Finland. We need to learn a lot from their education system, the best in the world (sic),” he said in a series of tweets.
