A new tussle started between the Delhi Lieutenant Governor, VK Saxena and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the inauguration of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprasth University in East Delhi.

Delhi education minister, Atishi had announced the inauguration of the university by the Delhi CM which prompted the Delhi LG to issue a statement saying, “Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal himself was aware of the fact that the L-G was scheduled to inaugurate the campus. In fact, they were also aware that they were supposed to be present in the function as Guest of Honour and distinguished guest, as desired by the L-G and had also consented to it.”

“Moreover, even on the day when Atishi made this claim in a press conference, i.e. 06.06.2023, earlier during the day, the VC of GGSIPU had announced on stage at the Convocation of GGSIPU, where Atishi was present as a Guest of Honour, that the East Campus of the University was scheduled to be inaugurated by the Lt. Governor on 08.06.2023,” it added.  

Reacting to this Delhi education minister, Atishi said that the L-G should not forget that education, higher education and technical education are all transferred subjects.

Even Delhi minister Saurabh Bhardwaj reacted to this, saying that the L-G should focus on inauguration of buildings which come under Police, Land and Public order.

“The construction of this campus started when he (VK Saxena) was not the L-G. Manish Sisodia started this work and our elected government took it further. It is strange now for the L-G to say that he was asked by officials to inaugurate the university campus,” Bhardwaj said.

“At this rate, the L-G could say tomorrow that he would inaugurate Saurabh Bhardwaj’s office. That’s why L-G has kept all officers under his control and wants to keep it going. The CM is the one vested with the moral authority to inaugurate the campus. Such thoughts should not even come to the L-G’s mind,” he added.

Tensions have been rising between the Delhi L-G and Delhi CM for the past few years over various matters. Notably, in May this year a Supreme Court judgement had ruled that the Delhi government had powers over civil services in the Delhi after which the Centre had brought in an ordinance regarding civil services giving more power to the L-G, creating more friction between the two posts.

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Chirag-Satwik creates history, become first Indian pair to achieve World no 1 ranking

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India’s top men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty jumped two spots to reach the historic World no 1 ranking in latest BWF World Rankings to achieve their best ever career high rank. They are also the first Indian duo to reach the rankings and the fourth individual players after Prakash Padukone, Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth to achieve this feat.

The Indian duo dethroned Indonesia’s Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Adrianto to become the top-ranked team in the world and have a total of 92,411 points which is 2000 points clear of the next best team. Chirag-Satwik are the only India pair after V Diju/ Jwala Gutta and Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnappa to reach notable rankings in the BWF rankings.  

Chirag-Satwik had also made history when they became the first Indian duo to win a gold medal at the Asian Games in badminton for India after beating Sol Gyu Choi and Won Ho Kim of South Korea in the finals of the Asian Games which helped them reach their current BWF world ranking.

“We did not sleep the whole night before the final. We had a late match and were so excited having made it to our first final that I kept tossing and turning around in bed till five in the morning,” said Chirag Shetty while talking about the night before the final.

“We did not get off to a good start but fought back. They put up a good night, created a lot of pressure on us but we managed to stay calm,” said Shetty after winning the final.

While Chirag and Satwik improved their rankings, others did not do so well as HS Prannoy slipped to the 8th position despite winning a bronze medal. Further Lakshya Sen dropped to the 14th position, while Srikanth moved up to 20th. PV Sindhu gained two spots in the rankings and is the new player at the 13th position. Aakarshi Kashyap is the next best Indian in the women’s singles at the 41st rank. In the women’s doubles category, the pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand rose to 16. Meanwhile, in the mixed doubles, Rohan Kapoor and Sikki Reddy reached 38th rank.



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