NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, FEB 5
Senior AAP leader, Deputy Chief Minister, and Education Minister of Delhi Government Manish Sisodia will kickstart the party’s local body poll campaign in Gujarat from the labour dominated Hatkeshwar area, which falls under Maninagar Assembly constituency which was represented by former Gujarat CM and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, here on Saturday.
Aam Aadmi Party has released its fifth list on Friday. With this, AAP is the only party which has released the maximum number of candidates so far. Aiming to empower women, the party has given 58 percent of tickets in the fifth list and one-third in overall five lists, says Tuli Banerjee, Media In-Charge, AAP Gujarat.
Speaking to media on Saturday, Sisodia said AAP will deliver Delhi model of good governance in Gujarat if elected to power in the local body polls.
Among the party’s star campaigners, Sisodia will commence his roadshow in Ahmedabad at 10:15 am; Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh will start his two-day campaign in migrant labour dominated Surat.
Delhi MLAs Sanjeev Jha, Dilip Pandey, Somnath Bharathi, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Ajesh Yadav, Vinay Mishra, Rajesh Gupta, Mahendra Goyal and Rituraj will cover every nook and corner of Gujarat between February 9 and 15.
Local unit leaders Gopal Italiya, Gulabh Singh Yadav (State In-charge), Bemabhai Chaudhary, Kiranben Acharya and Ritu Bansal will also extensively cover the state,
Sisodia said the candidates will reach out to the voters to get to know their problems and will take up the issues with the concerned authorities to find solutions.
Sisodia visits govt school
Sisodia visited a government school in the Gandhinagar area and reviewed the COVID-19 protocols being followed thereafter schools in the national capital reopened for classes 9 and 11 on Friday.
“We had to decide on reopening schools now. We cannot wait for zero coronavirus case day because by then a lot of damage would be caused to our children’s studies.
“If students follow the COVID protocols strictly, school life will also become normal,” Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio, said during the interaction with students at the school.
The Delhi government earlier allowed all schools in the national capital to reopen for Classes 10 and 12 from January 18 because of the board exams.
“15 days ago the schools were opened for class 10 and 12 students. I am happy that our class 9 and 11 students have also rejoined the schools. I can see their happy faces. It is a challenge to open schools during the pandemic, but we have accepted it,” Sisodia added.
Schools reopened on Friday for classes 9 and 11 after they were closed in March last year to contain the spread of novel coronavirus.
Students will attend classes only with the consent of parents, physical attendance will not be compulsory and all schools and colleges will be expected to follow the COVID-19 guidelines.
Tamils to boycott local body polls
In a show of protest against the Gujarat Government for shutting down the state’s only Tamil higher secondary school in Maninagar this year, Tamil voters have decided to boycott the local body polls.
Despite the Tamil Nadu Government offering to bear the cost of running the school and representations from all party leaders of Tamil Nadu, the state government has deprived the Tamils, one of the largest migrants, the right to education for want of strength, a senior journalist and activist said.
