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Loot alliance of BJP, education mafia: AAP protests against school fee hike bill
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs on Monday protested against a bill to regulate fee hikes by schools in the Delhi Assembly premises, calling it a "sham" designed to favour private school Delhi School Education Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees Bill, 2025 was tabled on the first day of the Monsoon session of the legislators, led by Leader of the Opposition, Atishi, protested in front of Mahatma Gandhi's
Calling the bill a "calculated sham", former Delhi chief minister Atishi accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government of protecting private school interests rather than those of parents., AAP@AtishiAAP AAP Loot Fees Bill AAP (@AamAadmiParty) August 4, 2025"This bill is not about transparency. It is about facilitating fee hikes by private schools. The BJP has delayed this bill since April so that schools could increase fees unchecked," she said the bill, brought to the assembly in the ongoing Monsoon session, lacks any provision for a rollback of hiked fees and proposes a fee fixation committee that would be headed by the school management demanded that the bill be referred to a select committee for wider consultation and urged the government to freeze school fees at 2024–25 levels until the legislation is finalised."The AAP will continue to fight for the rights of Delhi's parents and children. The BJP will have to listen," she said. The AAP MLAs on Monday walked out of the House proceedings over the to reporters, Atishi said, "There is collusion between BJP and Private Schools. It has been 4 months, private schools have forcefully collected increased fees by threatening parents, and now a law has been introduced that is completely fraudulent. The committee will be formed under the chairmanship of the management that wants to increase school fees. Will they increase the fees according to the parents' wishes? There is not even a provision for an audit."The party demanded that the bill be sent to a Select Committee, opinions be taken from parents, and the increased fees that have been collected be demands are:The bill should be sent to the Select CommitteeThe fees for 2024-25 should be frozenOn Monday, Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood introduced 'The Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Bill, 2025' in the Delhi Assembly. The bill, if passed, would grant the government greater oversight over how private schools revise their fees and impose penalties for arbitrary hikes.- EndsMust Watch
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