New Delhi: Former Finance Minister and BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha will soon be mentoring members of the Aam Aadmi Party for the upcoming Delhi Budget, according to reports.
The Kejriwal-led party has approached Sinha to address an orientation programme, which will be attended by top leaders, including the Delhi Finance Minister Manish Sisodia, Finance secretary and other AAP MLAs. Sinha would be imparting his expertise to the leaders who will be presenting their budget this March.
"Sinha is the best person to interact with legislators, most of whom are first-timers," the Secretary of Delhi Legislative Assembly Prasanna Kumar Suryadevara was quoted in a report.
Yashwant Sinha has reportedly accepted AAP’s invitation to hold the orientation programme on March 15th.
This development comes as a major embarrassment for the BJP, which has been accused of relegating its senior leaders to the sidelines since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came into power.
Manish Sisodia, who also holds finance and education portfolios, will present the 2016-17 Budget in the Delhi Assembly later this month.
In the 2015-16 Budget, the AAP government had allocated Rs 9,836 crore for the education sector out of which Rs 4,570 crore was given under the plan outlay, an increase of around 106 per cent.
Sisodia said that in the upcoming budget, his government will focus on training programmes, infrastructure and international collaborations to improve the quality of education being imparted in its schools.
