Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is ready to work with the center to improve the healthcare and education facilities in the country. Kejriwal also urged the BJP-led Union government to not term free education and health care facilities as “freebies.”
Addressing a press conference Kejriwal said, “We are ready to work with the Center to improve health services and education. I also request Center to stop calling them freebies.”
Meanwhile, AAP’s national convenor stressed getting every child a good and free education.
“Every child should get good and free education across the country. Every person should get good and free treatment for healthcare purposes. We should now start this work on a war footing basis. Only then, India will become the number one country,” Kejriwal said.
“I have only one dream – I want to see India as the most powerful country in the world. We want India to become a rich country. India will become rich when every Indian becomes rich. It cannot happen that the country is rich but the people are poor. I want to make every poor of India rich,” Kejriwal further said.
Kejriwal said, “I have no problem with the rich people. I want to make every poor person as rich. How can a poor man become rich? We need to think that. The children of laborers, and farmers attend a government school. If the education provided to children by a government school is excellent, then the child will come out of poverty and help his family by pursuing a career as a doctor, engineer, business person.”
Talking about government schools Kejriwal said, “Over 17 crore children in the country study in government schools – most of the schools are in bad condition. Parents do not have money (to educate their children) in private schools. If we make these schools good, every child will make his family rich. If all these families become rich, then India will also become rich.”
Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended birthday greetings to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
“Birthday greetings to Delhi Chief Minister Shri @ArvindKejriwal Ji. I pray for his long life and good health,” PM Modi said.
Thanking PM Modi’s wishes CM Kejriwal replied “Thank you, sir”.
Moreover, CM Arvind Kejriwal also paid tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.