Sisodia alleges conspiracy to derail work in education sector

With the government failing to resolve the issue of guest teachers in its schools, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday alleged that a “conspiracy” has been hatched to “derail” the Aam Aadmi Party government’s work in the education sector.

His comments came on the third day of Delhi Assembly’s monsoon session when the House was discussing removal of weightage to guest teachers in the recruitment of government teachers. Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio, said the decision on the issue was taken unilaterally without consulting the government.

“Services department was taken away from us. Give it back and we will show how to do it. We have repeatedly stressed on continuation of the tenure of guest teachers. This is the biggest conspiracy towards derailing our work in the education sector,” he told the House.

Leader of opposition Vijender Gupta called for a clear cut mechanism on recruitment and salary of guest teachers, saying the government looked “indecisive”.

The AAP government’s promise of setting up mohalla sabhas and repeated delays in completing the project was fiercely debated.

Health minister Satyendar Jain informed the House that the file on mohalla clinics is with the L-G office for clearance, which led to heated arguments between the MLAs of the two parties.

The Minimum Wages (Delhi) Amendment Bill, 2017 and the Delhi Netaji Subhas University Bill, 2017 were passed.

Netaji Subhas University of Technology Bill, 2017 aims to grant university status to NSIT, which functions as a registered society funded by government.

As per the Bill, turning NSIT into a university would enable it to “function more efficiently as a teaching and research centre”.

The issue of quality of food and adulteration was taken up to which the health minister, on the directions of the Speaker, said that all the restaurants and food shops will mandatorily have display government helpline numbers for registering complaints.

Answering a question on transport, minister Kailash Gahlot said Delhi would get 2,000 new buses in 10 months.