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 Women’s Cricket Team wins first-ever gold in Asian Games 2023

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Indian Cricket Women’s Team has created history in China after winning a historic gold medal in the Asian Games 2023 after defeating Sri Lankan Women’s Cricket Team by 19 runs in a rather low-scoring match in the final. This is also Indian Women’s Team’s very first appearance in Asian Games cricket event in spite of Women’s cricket being featured earlier in the 2010 and 2014 games which was won by Pakistan both the times.

Batting first, India started off well in spite of losing Shefali Verma early and saw Smriti Mandhana and Jemima Rodrigues scoring 46 and 42 respectively building a good 73 run partnership for the second wicket. However, once Smriti Mandhana was dismissed, the India batting lineup collapsed after losing 6 wickets for just 27 runs in the last 5 overs, managing to somehow reach 116/7 at the end of their 20 overs.

While, the target seemed small, the pitch and the circumstances were such that there was still hope that the Indian team could overcome the Sri Lankan challenge and boy did they do! While Sri Lanka did look solid on a few occasions whether it was the resilience shown by Oshadi Ranasinghe or the potentially threatening 36-run partnership between Hasini Perera and Nilakshi de Silva, the Indian team always came out strong and remained in control of the game until the end and restricted Sri Lanka to a meagre 97/8 in their 20 overs thanks to brilliant bowling performances by Titas Sadhu, Pooja Vastrakar and Rajeshwari Gayakwad.

The eyes of the nation will now be on the Indian Men’s Cricket Team who will start their maiden Asian Games journey on the 3rd of October, hoping that boys will make the country proud as well just like the girls did today in the Asian Games Women’s Cricket Final.  



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