Case of increase in fees of private schools in Delhi, ‘AAP’ accused of alliance with ‘education mafia’, CM Rekha surrounded

Within the nationwide capital, the politics has as soon as once more develop into scorching resulting from improve in charges by non-public faculties. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Delhi authorities of “robbing middle class families”.

AAP chief Saurabh Bhardwaj mentioned in a press convention on Tuesday that since April 1, 2025, most non-public faculties in Delhi have arbitrarily raised charges, inflicting nice anger amongst mother and father. The federal government stays mute spectators as an alternative of listening to the voice of the protesting mother and father.

He mentioned that when the Aam Aadmi Party authorities was in Delhi, the charges of personal faculties have been imposed management. However now, the training mafia has been given an open exemption underneath BJP rule. He claimed that the “Action Committee of United Recognized Private Schools” had filed petitions within the Excessive Court docket and the Supreme Court docket to demand a rise in charges.

Saurabh Bhardwaj mentioned that the president of this establishment Bharat Arora is a member of the BJP’s Delhi Pradesh Government and can also be the pinnacle of the occasion’s instructor cell. Not solely this, throughout the election marketing campaign, he additionally campaigned for Chief Minister Rekha Gupta. AAP spokesperson Anurag Dhanda alleged that there’s a direct alliance between Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and personal faculties.

He mentioned, “The person who promotes CM Rekha Gupta, is now the president of the fee enhancing organization. It is clear that the government has given an open exemption to private schools to increase the fees.”

The Aam Aadmi Party additionally alleged that as an alternative of giving the accountability of auditing the colleges to the CAG or a certified auditor, the BJP authorities handed it over to the SDM. The AAP leaders say that that is solely a present motion, which non-public faculties might be arbitrary once more by difficult in court docket.

‘AAP’ has demanded from Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to subject an order to cancel the charges hike instantly. If this isn’t finished, it will likely be proved that he too is concerned on this ‘training mafia’ alliance. The general public is now on the streets towards the growing burden on the center class in Delhi and the arbitrariness of personal faculties. AAP has referred to as it an assault on the proper to democracy and training.

With IANS enter