Shimla, August 17
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has guaranteed free education to every child in Himachal Pradesh if voted to power in the upcoming Assembly elections.
Addressing a large gathering of AAP workers and sympathisers here today, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann promised that every child in the state would be provided free and quality education in government schools.
Giving other education-related guarantees, Sisodia said all schools will be made excellent on the lines of Delhi, private ones will not be allowed to hike fee illegally, temporary teachers will be regularised, vacant posts of teacher be filled and they won't be given any non-teaching work.
The Aam Aadmi Party, which is trying to make a foray into the state's political landscape with the elections, is currently ruling the neighbouring Punjab and Delhi.
The party's Rajya Sabha member Sandeep Pathak and Himachal unit chief Surjeet Thakur were also present on the occasion. (With Agency Inputs)
Courtesy: Tribune News Service