Chief Minister Atishi  on Sunday announced that the AAP led Delhi government has released around Rs 100 crore for 12 DU colleges funded by it.

She said that the AAP government has made a budgetary provision of approximately Rs 400 crore for the colleges for the financial year 2024-25 and added that the latest fund is for the third quarter.

In a statement, the party said since the AAP came to power in Delhi, the budget allocated to these colleges has increased more than threefold. Atishi said, “Under the guidance of Arvind Kejriwal, education has always been the top priority for the AAP government. Since the formation of Kejriwal's government in Delhi, the largest share of the budget has been dedicated to education every year."

She added that alongside schools, the AAP government has focused on higher education by opening three new universities and expanding existing ones. “The 12 fully funded Delhi University colleges play a crucial role in higher education in Delhi," she asserted, adding that the funding for these colleges has tripled since the AAP came to power in Delhi.

“In the year 2014-15, these colleges were allocated Rs 132 crore, which has now increased to approximately Rs 400 crore in the current financial year,” a statement by the party said.

It added that in recent years, several issues of financial mismanagement have arisen in these colleges, but the AAP government has decided that teachers and students should not suffer due to management or administrative errors.

Meanwhile, Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva attacked the ruling party and said, “The AAP government, which claims to have presented a "profit budget" and a world-class education model, needs to answer why it has failed to release timely funds for 12 colleges over the last decade.”