Arvind Kejriwal has undergone throat surgery in Bengaluru to cure his persistant cough.
Highlights
- Arvind Kejriwal returns to Delhi after throat surgery in Bengaluru
- Manish Sisodia ordered to cut short Finland visit by Lt Gov Najeeb Jung
- 27 die of chikungunya, dengue in Delhi; AAP, LG's office trade charges
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who got back to Delhi today after his throat surgery, called for unity to deal with the intense health crisis in Delhi. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who had gone to Finland, is also on his way back.
Here are the 10 updates in this story:
In a video message, Arvind Kejriwal, who has undergone an operation in Bengaluru to control his persistent cough, said "Like India unites against Pakistan during a match, all parties should unite against tackling dengue and chikungunya. Let's not play politics. When we can implement odd-even, can't we get rid of mosquitoes?"
Manish Sisodia, who had gone to Finland to study their education system, had been ordered back by Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung.
Najeeb Jung, who had been on a tour to US, came back on Wednesday. Today, he took a tour of some of the city's clinics and hospitals - including fever clinics, laboratories at Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Hospital, Bara Hindu Rao Hospital and GTB Hospital. Around 3,000 people have been admitted in the hospitals of Delhi.
Dengue and chikungunya have claimed at least 27 lives over the last several weeks. More than 2,800 people are down with mosquito-borne fevers in the national capital.
The outbreak reached crisis proportions last week, when the key ministers - including Mr Kejriwal, Mr Sisodia and Health Minister Satyendar Jain - were out of Delhi.
The BJP severely criticised the Aam Aadmi Party government for the absence of the ministers and the Congress activists mocked the government with a 'Bhagoda Divas' in Delhi.
Yesterday, Mr Sisodia responded to the charges that he was 'holidaying' in Helsinki by asserting that he was on an educational tour.
"Learning from across the world is not a sin. It's a sin to defame an educational tour as a 'holiday... We have worked hard in Delhi on improving education and now we're here to see what more needs to be done," tweeted Mr Sisodia, who also handles the education portfolio.
His party hit back at the Lieutenant Governor, saying two Delhi ministers had gone to the LG's office on Saturday and had come back since Mr Jung was not present. The LG, they alleged, did not like to work on weekends - a charge Mr Jung has denied.
The Delhi Government yesterday issued an order declaring chikungunya as a dangerous disease and directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi or MCD to keep records of such cases and inform about the same.
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