AAP MLA from Seemapuri Veer Singh Dhingan and local residents held a protest outside the closed school on Wednesday.
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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for not making operational a school in Sunder Nagri, which was built when the AAP was in power.

“This school was built by the Arvind Kejriwal government, and last year, the then Chief Minister Atishi inaugurated the school building. It’s been over three months since the BJP came to power in Delhi, yet the school has not been made operational, depriving thousands of local children of their right to education,” the party said in a statement.

Hitting back, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva alleged the AAP’s statement about the school in Sundar Nagari is a “bundle of lies”. “On the eve of elections, Atishi inaugurated a half-constructed school building without electricity or water connections. Our government is now completing the unfinished work, and the school will be operational soon,” he said.

AAP MLA from Seemapuri Veer Singh Dhingan and local residents held a demonstration outside the school and demanded the immediate opening of the school.

Mr. Dhingan said that the school should have been opened from the current academic session, but due to the negligence of the BJP government, it has remained closed.

“If the BJP government does not immediately open the school, AAP will take to the streets. We will gherao the Chief Minister, burn effigies, launch a movement, and raise the issue strongly in the Assembly as well,” he said.