You have put personal interest over national - Delhi HC rebukes AAP Govt

Delhi High Court on Friday(Apr 26) rebuked the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP)-led Delhi government and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), for failing to provide textbooks to over 200,000 students in public schools.

“You have placed your political interest above the interest of school children,” said the Delhi High Court Friday, slamming the AAP-led Delhi government while hearing a PIL on non-supply of notebooks, uniforms, and other stationery items to over 2 lakh Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) school students.

The Court stated that Arvind Kejriwal has put personal interest above anything and his government is only focused on holding on to power as he is not resigning from the post of chief minister despite being in prison in the money laundering case connected to the liquor policy scam.

The remarks were made by a Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora when they were dealing with a Public Interest Litigation (PIL). The PIL raised the issue of the poor condition of MCD schools.