The Twitter spat between Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal continued on Sunday as BJP leader reminded AAP chief of one of his electoral promises. Sarma said that Kejriwal came to power in Delhi by promising to transform the national Capital into London but has now started comparing the city with “small towns of Assam and Northeast”.
The argument between the two leaders in the virtual space began after Kejriwal had on Wednesday tweeted that a closure of schools is not a solution and there is a need to open more schools across the country, and shared a link to a news report claiming a "closure" of some schools in Assam. The Assam chief minister lashed out at Kejriwal and asked him to "do his homework" before commenting.Sarma said that BJP will make a city “the most prosperous city in the world" if the party gets the resources like the national capital. In March 2017, Kejriwal had promised to transform Delhi into London if his party wins the MCD polls, but he had later clarified that he only meant ‘Delhi would be as clean as London’.
"When you couldn't do anything, you started comparing Delhi with small states of the Northeast. Trust me, if BJP comes to power in Delhi, it will make it the most prosperous city in the world," he wrote in Hindi.
“You came to power with the promise of making Delhi like London and Paris, don't you remember @ArvindKejriwal ji? When he could not do anything, he started comparing #Delhi with small towns of Assam and Northeast! Believe me, if the BJP gets a city and resources like Delhi, the party will make it the most prosperous city in the world,” the Assam CM tweeted.
In another tweet, Sarma said, Kejriwal was showing a desire to visit Assam, but "I feel sad and regretful that you don't feel such a desire when Assam struggles with massive calamities like flood. And, yes, your deputy chief minister @msisodia has been extended an invitation".
As the Twitter spat between the two chief ministers stretched on to Sunday, AAP chief responded to Sarma, saying "you haven't answered my question". "When should I come to see your schools? If your schools are not good, then it is ok. We can together fix them," he wrote in Hindi.
In another tweet, Kejriwal said: "Trust me, when AAP forms a government, then we will being development there akin to Delhi's development. Will quell corruption and there would be no shortage of resources".