Manish Sisodia lashes out at UP govt for allowing private schools to hike fees

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia lashed out at the UP government for allowing private schools to hike fees.

On Sunday, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia criticised the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government for allowing UP private schools to hike fees, alleging that the saffron party intends to "keep the country uneducated."

Sisodia, who is also the Delhi government's education minister, said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should respect the parents' situation.

"The Aam Aadmi Party, AAP government was formed in Punjab on March 16 and within 10 days, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann issued an order saying private schools cannot increase their fees," Sisodia said, as per PTI.

"On the other hand, the BJP government was formed in Uttar Pradesh on March 25 and it passed an order saying private schools have complete freedom to increase the fees and loot the parents," he said at an online briefing.

Sisodia said that since there have been many people whose livelihoods have been hurt by the Covid-19 pandemic, a fee hike would be detrimental.

"They cannot work on improving government schools. Where will the common man go? People have lost employment during Covid," he said.

"You will not work on improving the condition of the government schools and you will allow the private schools to hike the fees. You want to keep the country illiterate. This is the BJP's governance model. Please think about the parents," Sisodia said.