Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia will meet Lieutenant-Governor VK Saxena to discuss the matter of alleged attempts to discontinue the AAP Government's ‘Dilli ki Yogshala' programme. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal accused that these people have arbitrarily shut the Yogshala programme from November 1 onwards by putting all kinds of pressure on the officers including threats of suspending them. The Chief Minister assured that he would not let not let ‘Dilli Ki Yogashala’ be stopped
Earlier, in a press conference on Wednesday, Sisodia announced that he would meet L-G over the issue of Dilli ki Yogshala”. "I will meet LG sir tomorrow ( Friday) regarding the closure of Yoga classes in Delhi. The file is with LG sir. Yoga classes in Delhi will be closed from Tuesday if immediate action is not taken. Thousands of people will suffer," Sisodia tweeted in Hindi.
He accused the BJP of "conspiring" to shut the programme. He had said that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has given his nod to continue the programme and has sent the file to Saxena for approval.
During his visit to Ghazipur landfill site, Kejriwal was asked about the controversy around closure of the yoga classes. "There are 17,000 people who are benefiting from this scheme. They are pressuring officials to shut these classes but I assure you not even a single yoga class will be closed from November 1," Kejriwal told reporters.