NCPCR to seek explanation from Kejriwal over kids not taken care of in childrens homes remark
New Delhi Mar 26 PTI Apex child rights body NCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoongo on Saturday claimed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has made a public confession that kids are not taken care of in childrens homes in Delhi for which a notice is being issued seeking clarificationKanoongo was referring to a video tweeted by Kejriwal in which the Delhi chief minister addressing a press conference said Rs 10 crore have been set aside for street children and a state-of-the-art school would be built where they would get all facilitiesIn the video clip Kejriwal is also heard saying that till now children were grabbed and put in child care homes where they were not taken care of properly prompting them to run awayReacting to these comments Kanoongo in a tweet demanded an explanation from the Delhi chief ministerThe chief ministers public confession that children are not taken care of in childrens homes in Delhi and they are forced to run away has been taken very seriously and notice is being issued seeking clarification and action taken Kanoongo tweetedHe wrote on Twitter that the Supreme Court since November has been repeatedly issuing directives to rehabilitate street childrenBut due to the inaction of the Delhi government only 1800 children have been brought into the process Two years ago we were told that 73000 children are living on Delhi streets out of which not a single child was rehabilitated he claimedThe Delhi government was also missing from the review meetings held for this The direction of the court to make a policy in this regard has not been followed to date Now that the matter is to be heard in the Honble Court on Monday then Arvind Kejriwal is lying the NCPCR chief tweeted PTI UZM NSD NSD
New Delhi Mar 26 PTI Apex child rights body NCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoongo on Saturday claimed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has made a public confession that kids are not taken care of in childrens homes in Delhi for which a notice is being issued seeking clarificationKanoongo was referring to a video tweeted by Kejriwal in which the Delhi chief minister addressing a press conference said Rs 10 crore have been set aside for street children and a state-of-the-art school would be built where they would get all facilitiesIn the video clip Kejriwal is also heard saying that till now children were grabbed and put in child care homes where they were not taken care of properly prompting them to run awayReacting to these comments Kanoongo in a tweet demanded an explanation from the Delhi chief ministerThe chief ministers public confession that children are not taken care of in childrens homes in Delhi and they are forced to run away has been taken very seriously and notice is being issued seeking clarification and action taken Kanoongo tweetedHe wrote on Twitter that the Supreme Court since November has been repeatedly issuing directives to rehabilitate street childrenBut due to the inaction of the Delhi government only 1800 children have been brought into the process Two years ago we were told that 73000 children are living on Delhi streets out of which not a single child was rehabilitated he claimedThe Delhi government was also missing from the review meetings held for this The direction of the court to make a policy in this regard has not been followed to date Now that the matter is to be heard in the Honble Court on Monday then Arvind Kejriwal is lying the NCPCR chief tweeted PTI UZM NSD NSD
