TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari has alleged a “scam” of Rs. 2,000 crore in the construction of classrooms for Delhi government schools. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal rejected the allegations and told Mr Tiwari to arrest him if it was true.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, in charge of the education department, hit out at Mr Tiwari saying the BJP Delhi chief should get him arrested if he was guilty or apologise for “lying” to people whose children are getting education in good quality schools of the Delhi government.
At a press conference, the Delhi BJP chief citing a reply to a Right to Information query claimed that Delhi government with expenditure of Rs. 2,892 has undertaken construction of 12,782 classrooms, which could have been done with a maximum spending of around Rs. 800 crore.
The Delhi government is constructing classrooms of 300 square feet at a cost of Rs. 24.86 lakh, he said, citing the RTI reply received by Delhi BJP spokesperson Harish Khuarana.
