Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated on Monday that there should be five capitals of India, one in each zone, in an effort to bring the Twitter debate online.
This comes after Assam’s administration was criticised by Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal after news surfaced that some educational institutions in the state had closed due to subpar results in the HSLC exams, the results of which were released in June of this year.
In an effort to address the core causes of issues, the Assam chief minister has recommended that there should be five capitals, one in each zone, following a Twitter battle between the two chief ministers.
The Assam chief minister also made fun of Kejriwal, claiming that the Delhi chief minister had made it a habit to make fun of other states.
He wrote in a series of tweets, “Having been engaged in a dialogue with Delhi CM Shri @ArvindKejriwal, who’s by now in habit of mocking at other states, I’m of the view that we should work on curing the disease of disparity, and not mock poor states. Can we have 5 Capitals of India, one in every zone?”
CM Sarma explained how this would be advantageous by pointing out that while some state governments were trailing behind in this area, governments like Delhi had enormous wealth at their disposal. This has widened the gap between Indian states, some of which are extremely wealthy and unable to provide for their citizens.
He claimed that having various capitals would guarantee that the money is divided fairly across each zone so that overall progress could occur.
“This will ensure, govts like Delhi do not have huge wealth at their disposal vis a vis North East and states from East. And of of course what we’ve been doing in health, education, communication with blessings of our PM Shri @narendramodi Ji was unheard of in last 75 years,” tweeted the Assam CM.
He also took the occasion to vehemently reject the years of mockery that the Northeast has endured at the hands of the rest of India. According to CM Sarma, the Northeast desires respect, resources, and regeneration rather than pity and mockery.
“Finally, after seven decades of denial & negligence, process of mainstreaming of the North East started in 2014 by Hon PM, and the pace of progress is unrelenting. North East does not need sympathy & ridicule, we need what’s due to us – respect, resources and regeneration,” wrote CM Sarma.