NEW DELHI: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has termed the Delhi government’s education system “hollow” and “a gimmick”. Attacking the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) dispensation over the excise policy, Mr Pradhan said his “friends” Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia is trying to cover up their “theft” by highlighting the New York Times story on Delhi’s education system.
“Delhi’s educational system is hollow and a nautanki, khokhla” (gimmick). In his speech at Business Today’s “India@100 summit” on Friday, Mr. Pradhan stated that the performance of class 10 and 12 pupils in Delhi government schools has been steadily falling according to the National Achievement Survey. When the case is actually different, he continued, “They are merely attempting to cover up for their larceny, exploiting the excise policy by showing the New York Times piece.”
