Providing quality education not a ‘freebie’: Arvind Kejriwal’s message to Centre

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

New
Delhi,
Aug
16:
Chief
Minister
Arvind
Kejriwal
on
Tuesday
urged
the
Centre
to
use
the
Delhi
government’s
expertise
in
improving
school
education
and
healthcare
facilities
across
India
to
make
it
number
one
country
in
the
world.

He
also
appealed
to
the
BJP-led
Union
government
to
not
term
free
education
and
health
care
facilities
as
“freebies”.

There
has
been
political
acrimony
over
the
issue
of
freebies
with
the
BJP
accusing
Kejriwal
of
using
it
as
a
“bait”
to
trap
people
for
power.

Kejriwal
giving
‘perverse
twist’
to
debate
on
freebies:
Sitharaman

Last
month,
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi,
after
inaugurating
the
Bundelkhand
Expressway
in
Uttar
Pradesh,
cautioned
people
against
what
he
called
the
“revdi
culture”
of
offering
freebies
for
garnering
votes
and
said
it
is
“very
dangerous”
for
the
development
of
the
country.

Modi
had
used
‘revdi’
as
a
metaphor
for
freebies
being
promised
by
some
parties
to
woo
voters
and
said
the
people,
especially
the
youth,
should
guard
against
it.

“We
are
ready
to
work
with
the
Centre
to
improve
health
services
and
education.
I
also
request
Centre
to
stop
calling
them
freebies,” Kejriwal
said
at
a
press
conference
held
virtually.

There
is
a
need
to
open
government
schools
on
a
large
scale,
improve
them,
regularise
guest
teachers
and
train
teachers
for
children’s
future.
Then
India
can
become
a
“rich
country”,
the
Delhi
chief
minister
and
AAP
national
convener
said.

Arvind
Kejriwal
promises
to
end
‘raid
raj’
in
Gujarat
if
voted
to
power

“All
this
can
be
done
in
five
years.
We
have
done
this.
I
urge
the
Centre
to
use
our
expertise
to
improve
government
schools
and
healthcare
facilities.
All
state
governments
can
work
together,”
Kejriwal
said.