AAP, BJP spar over school computer labs

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi state president Saurabh Bharadwaj launched a fresh attack on the BJP-led Delhi government during a press conference and slammed education minister Ashish Sood’s remarks on “nonfunctional computer labs in Delhi government schools” as a “desperate lie,” suggesting the BJP was either defaming the previous government or laying ground for a procurement scam.

- Varun Bhandari

Hitting back, Sood said that the Delhi BJP government had already announced the establishment of 175 new computer labs and smart classrooms in its budget speech and that the AAP’s claim of corruption was baseless. “The AAP did not raise any concern then, when in the budget speech, chief minister Rekha Gupta had announced that new ICT labs are going to be set up,” Sood said. He added, “Why d