Chandigrah/Ropar, December 1

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today visited two government schools unannounced in Chamkaur Sahib, prompting Education Minister Pargat Singh to ask him to stop political antics.

Sisodia said he would visit government schools in other parts of the state as well. In Chaklan village school, Sisodia found cobwebs in a classroom and wash rooms not cleaned properly; broken furniture and no proper arrangement for drinking water welcomed the VIP visitor in Makrona Kalan village school.

At Makrona Kalan, the lone nursery teacher present on the spot informed him that he was paid a mere Rs 6,000. A mid-day meal worker claimed she hadn't been paid for last couple of months.

Pargat said he never expected such antics from him. “I believe in healthy discussion and fruitful debate,” said the minister while lashing out at AAP leaders and workers for going to a school amid the possible third Covid wave.

He said their act could endanger the health of students. Lashing out at AAP, Pargat said if Delhi had such a “wonderful” system then why over 1200 posts of principals and vice-principals were lying vacant. — TNS