DoE requests heads of Delhi govt schools to attend Kejriwal's oath ceremony

Delhi's Directorate of Education (DoE) requested the Delhi government school heads along with twenty teachers to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Chief Minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal on February 16. Preparations for the ceremony are underway at Ramlila ground for Kejriwal and other ministers to take the oath.

New Delhi: Delhi's Directorate of Education (DoE) on Saturday requested the heads of Delhi government schools to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Chief Minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal on February 16 at Ramlila Maidan.

Slamming the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for inviting the heads of government schools for Chief Minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal's oath-taking ceremony, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kapil Mishra on Saturday said that "forcing" the teachers to come for the ceremony is the beginning of a wrong tradition.

The school heads were requested to attend the swearing-in ceremony, along with 20 teachers, including vice principals, entrepreneurship mindset curriculum coordinators, happiness coordinators and teacher development coordinators.

"It is a good thing that teachers were invited for the swearing-in ceremony but forcing them to follow the government orders is the beginning of a wrong tradition," Mishra tweeted in Hindi.

He asserted that such practices should not be encouraged.

President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday appointed Kejriwal to be the Chief Minister of Delhi with effect from the date he will be sworn-in.

The AAP chief has also invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his swearing-in ceremony.

The Kejriwal-led party won the Delhi Assembly elections on Tuesday with a clear majority of 62 seats out of 70 with contender BJP bagging eight seats, better than its tally of three in 2015.

The Congress party failed to open its account, just like the last election.

(With inputs from ANI)