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Manish Sisodia is not Delhi LG's 'health secretary', says Somnath Bharti

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung On Friday Asked Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia To Return To Delhi As Soon As Possible To Handle The Ongoing Health Crisis In The National Capital Region.

Agencies | Updated on: 17 Sep 2016, 08:00:25 AM
Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia in Finland

New Delhi:

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on Friday asked Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia to return to Delhi as soon as possible to handle the ongoing health crisis in the national capital region. 

According to report, LG's office sent fax to sisodia asking him to return immediately to Delhi in the wake of dengue outbreak.

Sisodia, who is in Finland on an educational tour, came under fire after he and his government colleagues were unavailable to handle the dengue and chikungunya outbreak in Delhi. 

Reacting on LG Jung's order, AAP leader Somnath Bharti tweeted, "LG is behaving with as if he is 1 of his bureaucrats like health secretary whose leave ws sanctioned by LG n now cancelled by him."


However, Delhi deputy CM refuted the allegation of the Opposition that he is “holidaying” in Finland, saying that it was not a “sin” to study the schooling system of other countries to fix the problems in Delhi’s education system. 

In pics: Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia on educational tour in Finland

Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio, said he has worked hard to improve the education system in the national capital and that he was in Finland to see what more needs to be done.

“Learning from across the world is not a sin. It’s a sin to defame an educational tour as a ‘holiday’. I’m in Finland.  We need to learn a lot from their education system, the best in the world (sic),” he said in a series of tweets.

Earlier in the day, Congress activists observed ‘Bhagoda Divas’ in Delhi to protest against the alleged absence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Sisodia and other ministers from the national capital which is at present reeling under chikungunya and dengue outbreak.

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AAP leader Dilip Pandey also attacked Congress, and in a series of tweets, he said “AAP bringing all onboard to fight Delhi’s real enemies Dengue & Chikungunya, while #InsensitiveCongress busy making fun of unwell DelhiCM(sic).”“Few people have set an agenda that they will target only AAP and spare the BJP-ruled civic bodies that are responsible for preventing the outbreak of vector-borne diseases,” Pandey told reporters.

AAP leader Sisodia’s Finland trip came under fire after Delhi government came under pressure during ongoing chikungunya and dengue outbreak. Especially since deputy CM’s trip coincided with state chief minister Arvind Kejiwal’s sick leave for throat surgery in Bengaluru. 

(With PTI Inputs)

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First Published : 16 Sep 2016, 11:21:00 PM

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