As BJP and its fraternal organizations stress on the construction of Ram Mandir, Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said,”My stand is that with a consensus from both sides [Hindus and Muslims], let’s build a good university at that place.”
When asked about Aam Aadmi Party‘s stand on the Ram Mandir issue, he said, “Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Indian, foreigner students from all communities may attend that university and from there should spring Lord Ram’s ideals. Ram Rajya would come if we teach our children and not by building a mandir.”
Sisodia, who is also Delhi’s Education Minister, expressed his take on the current wave of caste politics in Indian politics by saying,”When I was at Japan University, the people there were talking about a new concept of running cars with hydrogen and on the same day, on Twitter, we were debating about Lord Hanuman’s caste. It is really unfortunate but the only way to move forward is by education.”
He hit out at the political parties spreading casteism at university levels “by appointing Vice Chancellors subscribing to Hindutva who try to impose it on the students”.
He added,”On one hand, you talk about Digital India but your actions resemble that of Vijay Mallya,”
About the Lok Sabha elections 2019, he said,” AAP government would be focusing on all the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi.We will also keep our focus on Punjab and Haryana for the 2019 elections.”
On the issue of Delhi Police being under the Delhi government, he remarked, “Even if his government plans to take an action, it never gets implemented on the ground level because of different governments controlling different authorities in Delhi.”
He said,”Delhi Police need to be under the Delhi government.”
Taking a dig at the Sheila Dikshit-led government, he said “If her government had done anything, we [the Aam Aadmi Party government] wouldn’t have to struggle like this to get work done.”