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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Indian men’s and women’s teams to go for Asian games after govt permission

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After several informal discussions and deliberations between the Indian football officials and the Sports Ministry, the Indian men’s and women’s football team has been officially cleared by the ministry and the government to participate in the Asian Games.

“Good news for Indian football lovers! Our national football teams, both Men’s and Women’s, are set to participate in the upcoming Asian Games. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, has decided to relax the rules to facilitate participation of both the teams, which were not qualifying as per the existing criterion. Keeping in mind their latest performances in the recent times, the Ministry decided to grant the relaxation,” Sports minister Anurag Thakur said in a statement late in the day.

The teams participation was seeming unlikely as even though their entries were sent for Asiad, IOA President PT Usha recently said that the government rules will be followed thoroughly. The rules state that for team events, teams ranked in the top-eight in Asia will be cleared for the Games. while the men are ranked 99th in the world after recent successes, the women are 60. However, the men are 18th in Asia and the women 11th.

AIFF President Kalyan Choubey had held talks with Home Minister Amit Shah and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur for a solution on this problem. “AIFF It’s an important day for Indian football and a testament to our resolution to develop the sport in India… Indian football has been on an unprecedented rise recently and I believe this impetus will further boost our players’ morale in all upcoming events,” Choubey said.

India had not sent the team for Asian Games in 2018 but the pressure and the demand from the team and the fans to send the team for this edition of Asian Games has been high as Indian Football is on a high after the men’s team won the Inter-Continental Cup and the SAFF Championship. India Men’s team has been kept in the same group as Republic of China, Bangladesh and Myanmar and the Indian Women’s team will be with Chinese Taipei and Thailand in their group.



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