Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal emphasised the importance of states learning from one another and progressing together. He suggested that politics be set aside in order to achieve better government.
During a press conference in the Delhi Assembly on Wednesday, Kejriwal recalled his trip to Telangana in response to chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s invitation to observe the implementation of the ‘Kanti Velugu’ program in the state.
“We recently travelled to Telangana, where around four crore people in the state were examined for eye disorders at no cost. Everyone who requires surgery, drugs, or spectacles receives them for free,” he said.
This is not the first time the Delhi chief minister has spoken out about the mass eye check-up program of the Telangana government.
The initiative impressed Delhi’s chief minister, who announced plans to replicate it in the national capital as well. Since he stated that the Kanti Velugu program would benefit poor people in all states, he decided to implement it in both Delhi and Punjab.
He stated that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann was also pleased with the Telangana government’s irrigation accomplishments and had returned to the state to examine them.
Kejriwal was speaking to the press about the ‘Progressive Chief Ministers Group,’ or ‘G-8,’ which he suggested. He had invited the chief ministers of West Bengal, Bihar, Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, and Punjab in letters.
ALSO READ: Vemula Prashanth Reddy directs officials to expedite 125-foot Ambedkar statue works
He went on to say that the platform was designed to allow chief ministers to visit other states and learn from one another. “It is a governance platform, not an alliance for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. We’ll travel to different states and learn what we can from each other,” he stated.
On March 18, a dinner meeting was planned. However, it did not take place due to prior commitments by all of the chief ministers, Kejriwal said.
He stated that the meeting was still being planned and that an update would be provided once a specific date was determined. He stated that the gathering was still in the works and would most likely take place after mid-April.
(This story has been sourced from a third-party syndicated feed, agencies. Raavi Media accepts no responsibility or liability for the text’s dependability, trustworthiness, reliability, and data. Raavi Media management/ythisnews.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content at its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever.)
