Aam Aadmi Party supporters on Wednesday staged a protest outside the residence of Bharatiya Janta Party Delhi unit president Manoj Tiwari after he alleged that there was largescale corruption in the construction of classrooms in Delhi Government schools.
Citing a RTI reply, Tiwari had on Monday claimed that there was a Rs 2,000-crore "scam" in the construction of classrooms in Delhi Government schools. Tiwari had claimed that the AAP Government constructed 12,782 classrooms at a cost of Rs 2,892 crore and this could have been done by spending just Rs 800 crore.
The AAP supporters held placards asking Tiwari to 'apologise to children' and 'stop politicising the education of children'. They were later detained by the police and taken to the Mandir Marg police station.
Reacting to the protest, Tiwari said those who "looted" Rs 2,000 crore are raising slogans and protesting against me.
"Instead of replying to the scam in construction of classrooms, they are resorting to counter allegation," he said.
Deputy Chief Minister and education minister Manish Sisodia had hit back and said on Tuesday that the BJP was making "unfounded allegations" of corruption against the AAP Government.
Sisodia had also said that he is committed to creating state-of-the-art infrastructure in government schools and will not step back even if he is sent to jail.