<p>Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday asserted there can be no comparison between the northeastern state and Delhi as the national capital is more like a “municipal corporation”.</p>.<p>He asked his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal to come to Assam and see for himself government-run education and healthcare units, while stating that he will also visit similar facilities in Delhi during his frequent trips there.</p>.<p>Sarma was reacting to claims by Kejriwal and other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders that Delhi has better education and healthcare facilities than Assam.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/intention-wasnt-to-point-out-faults-we-have-to-learn-from-each-other-kejriwal-to-sarma-1139565.html" target="_blank">Intention wasn't to point out faults, we have to learn from each other: Kejriwal to Sarma</a></strong></p>.<p>“Delhi is a state merely in name. It is more of a municipal corporation” the senior BJP leader claimed.</p>.<p>He argued that if Assam has to be compared with other states, it has to be done with places like Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, or Punjab.</p>.<p>“I have seen their ‘mohallah clinics’. But after seeing the facilities at our Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, what is there to see in those clinics?” Sarma said.</p>.<p>The chief minister was speaking to reporters after reviewing the progress of work of a ‘Swahid Smarak and Park’ here.</p>.<p>In the education sector, he maintained that Delhi has about 1,200 schools with 6,000-7,000 teachers while there are 60,000-70,000 state government schools, employing nearly 2.5 lakh teachers in Assam.</p>.<p>“If we had only 1,200 schools, I would have visited the institutions every day… Fish would have been served daily for breakfast, meat for lunch, and pulao for dinner,” Sarma said.</p>.<p>On Kejriwal asking him to visit Delhi to see the healthcare and education facilities, Sarma said, “I frequently visit Delhi, he doesn’t have to tweet to ask me to go there.</p>.<p>“Since he so desires, I will visit the clinics and schools there during one of my visits. He can also come here and see our facilities."</p>.<p>The two CMs had entered into a tussle on the micro-blogging site on Thursday with Kejriwal criticising the Assam government for closing down schools when there was a need to open more schools across the country.</p>.<p>Sarma had countered it by claiming that the government had provincialised or taken over private schools into the government fold since 2013 as well as established new ones.</p>.<p>On Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad’s (ABVP) criticism of the state government’s decision to teach maths and science in the English language from Class 3 onwards, Sarma said the organisation has a democratic right to protest against any government decision as long as the opposition is not violent.</p>.<p>ABVP is the students’ wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).</p>.<p>“We (BJP) have some similarities with the ABVP, like our unflinching love for Bharat Mata, but we have differences too,” Sarma added. </p>
<p>Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday asserted there can be no comparison between the northeastern state and Delhi as the national capital is more like a “municipal corporation”.</p>.<p>He asked his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal to come to Assam and see for himself government-run education and healthcare units, while stating that he will also visit similar facilities in Delhi during his frequent trips there.</p>.<p>Sarma was reacting to claims by Kejriwal and other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders that Delhi has better education and healthcare facilities than Assam.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/intention-wasnt-to-point-out-faults-we-have-to-learn-from-each-other-kejriwal-to-sarma-1139565.html" target="_blank">Intention wasn't to point out faults, we have to learn from each other: Kejriwal to Sarma</a></strong></p>.<p>“Delhi is a state merely in name. It is more of a municipal corporation” the senior BJP leader claimed.</p>.<p>He argued that if Assam has to be compared with other states, it has to be done with places like Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, or Punjab.</p>.<p>“I have seen their ‘mohallah clinics’. But after seeing the facilities at our Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, what is there to see in those clinics?” Sarma said.</p>.<p>The chief minister was speaking to reporters after reviewing the progress of work of a ‘Swahid Smarak and Park’ here.</p>.<p>In the education sector, he maintained that Delhi has about 1,200 schools with 6,000-7,000 teachers while there are 60,000-70,000 state government schools, employing nearly 2.5 lakh teachers in Assam.</p>.<p>“If we had only 1,200 schools, I would have visited the institutions every day… Fish would have been served daily for breakfast, meat for lunch, and pulao for dinner,” Sarma said.</p>.<p>On Kejriwal asking him to visit Delhi to see the healthcare and education facilities, Sarma said, “I frequently visit Delhi, he doesn’t have to tweet to ask me to go there.</p>.<p>“Since he so desires, I will visit the clinics and schools there during one of my visits. He can also come here and see our facilities."</p>.<p>The two CMs had entered into a tussle on the micro-blogging site on Thursday with Kejriwal criticising the Assam government for closing down schools when there was a need to open more schools across the country.</p>.<p>Sarma had countered it by claiming that the government had provincialised or taken over private schools into the government fold since 2013 as well as established new ones.</p>.<p>On Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad’s (ABVP) criticism of the state government’s decision to teach maths and science in the English language from Class 3 onwards, Sarma said the organisation has a democratic right to protest against any government decision as long as the opposition is not violent.</p>.<p>ABVP is the students’ wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).</p>.<p>“We (BJP) have some similarities with the ABVP, like our unflinching love for Bharat Mata, but we have differences too,” Sarma added. </p>