All Delhi Government offices will carry photos of Bhimrao Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh, and no pictures of any political leader, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday.
Kejriwal also made the announcement during the Delhi Government’s Republic Day programme that the Government offices will henceforth not even have the Chief Minister’s picture.
“The Delhi Government is trying to fulfill the dreams which Babasaheb and Bhagat Singh saw for Indian society. No other Government in the last 75 years tried to walk on the path shown by Dr Ambedkar and Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh. Babasaheb envisioned highest quality of education for every single child of India but no Government could provide that in 75 years, with the education revolution thriving in the State, the Delhi Government diligently working to ensure that we can fulfil Babasaheb’s dream,” the CM said.
“Both Babasaheb and Bhagat Singh wanted an independent India wherein success did not depend on one’s caste or class and everyone got equal treatment.”
Addressing Delhiites on the eve of Republic Day, Kejriwal said the AAP Government increased 25 per cent and worked from starting to transform Delhi schools.
He also mentioned various programmes in Government schools.
“We are not just teaching our students to be good citizens but also inculcating entrepreneurship and Deshbhakti in them. We are establishing the Delhi Teachers’ University with the goal of preparing next generation teachers of the highest global standards. Had Dr Ambedkar been here with us in the present, he would have accepted us with open arms and given us his patronage.
Delhi Government offices will no longer have the photos of politicians but instead the portraits of Dr Ambedkar and Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh will inspire everyone. Delhi Government will walk the path shown by Babasaheb and Dr Ambedkar and their vision will forever inspire us,” said Kejriwal.