AAP Kerala expressed regret on Atishi Marlena's tweet: V Sivankutty

NEW DELHI: Kerala minister for education and labour V Sivankutty, in a tweet, addressed to Aam Aadmi Party leader and MLA Atishi Marlena has pointed out that the Kerala unit of AAP has expressed regret regarding the issue of Marlena's tweet where it was mentioned that "officials from Kerala" visited Delhi schools to understand and implement their education model in Kerala. He further made it clear that he was responding to the tweet by Marlena where she mentioned "officials from Kerala."

"My position regarding the current controversy has already been made clear. "Officials from Kerala" is the phrase that has been used in your tweet in response to which I clarified that the officers were not sent from the Kerala government. Realising the mistake, the Kerala unit of the Aam Aadmi Party has expressed regret," Sivankutty said in a letter which was attached as an image in the tweet. He also attached the screenshots of the social media posts by AAP Kerala expressing regret. He further said that it is not controversy but comradeship that was required in this matter.

Comradeship, not controversy. @AtishiAAP @AAPDelhi pic.twitter.com/jBucvDXhdD

— V. Sivankutty (@VSivankuttyCPIM) April 25, 2022

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Sivankutty had said in an earlier tweet that Kerala’s education department has not sent anyone to learn about the ‘Delhi Model’. He also mentioned that the Kerala government had provided assistance to officials from Delhi who visited Kerala in March to study the ‘Kerala Model’. The tweet was in response to Marlena's claim that the Delhi government hosted officials from Kerala at schools in Kalkaji to enable them to understand and implement Delhi's education model in Kerala.

Kerala’s Dept of Education has not sent anyone to learn about the ‘Delhi Model’. At the same time, all assistance was provided to officials who had visited from Delhi to study the ‘Kerala Model’ last month. We would like to know which ‘officials’ were welcomed by the AAP MLA. https://t.co/Lgh6nM7yL9

— V. Sivankutty (@VSivankuttyCPIM) April 24, 2022

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Replying to this tweet, Marlena asked the Kerala education minister to fact check before tweeting on the issue and asked him to check the Delhi government's press release, where it was mentioned that the dignitaries who visited the Delhi schools were from the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) school management association and Kerala Sahodaya complexes, proving the point that it was not Kerala's public education department who sent the officials to Delhi.

Dear Sivankutty ji, It would have been good if you had done a fact check before tweeting on this issue. You might want to have a look at our press release to see what we actually said! https://t.co/TAUo1zcX8N pic.twitter.com/ymV8zHJzsZ

— Atishi (@AtishiAAP) April 24, 2022

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