Kejriwal’s IP University speech interrupted by ‘Modi, Modi’ slogans, ’70 years’ mocked

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s address at the inauguration of the new campus of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University on Thursday was interrupted by slogans of ‘Modi, Modi’. During his address, which was also streamed live on Aam Aadmi Party’s social media platforms, Kejriwal was speaking about the Delhi government’s school education model when a section of the audience started chanting ‘Modi, Modi’. done. Hitting out at those disrupting him, the AAP supremo said if the education system could be reformed by such sloganeering, it would be in the last 70 years.

Arvind Kejriwal said, “Please let me speak for five minutes. I request people of this party and other parties to let me speak… If you don’t like what I say, you can raise your slogans.” He also told them that they might not like and comment on their views and opinions but what they were doing was ‘not right’.

When interrupted again, he said, “Everyone has the right to speak in this democracy.”

The ruling AAP alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers created a “ruckus” during the event, but Kejriwal silenced them with his “brilliant reply”.

While the inauguration program was going on, sloganeering allegedly took place between AAP and BJP workers outside the campus.

IP University’s new campus is the center of fresh spat between AAP and BJP

The East Delhi campus of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University has become the latest flashpoint between the AAP-led city government and Lt Governor VK Saxena, with both sides claiming they will inaugurate the newly built campus. Both parties have accused each other of trying to take undue credit for the new complex.

However, Kejriwal and LG Saxena jointly inaugurated the complex on Thursday in the presence of Delhi Education Minister and senior AAP leader Atishi.

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The IPU campus is part of three state university campuses the Kejriwal-led government is developing in the Jamnapar/Trans Yamuna region, along with Netaji Subhash University of Technology (NSUT) East Campus and Delhi Technological University (DTU) East Campus, Atishi said.

“It is public knowledge that this campus was the brainchild and dream project of Manish Sisodia. From its planning, to its construction and overseeing the curriculum, Manish Sisodia has been involved in every aspect of the project, before the current LG was deputed to Delhi On the claims of Delhi LG regarding the inauguration of new campus of IP University, he said.