'WON'T STOP IT': Arvind Kejriwal after Delhi LG suspends 'Dilli Ki Yogshala'

AAP Vs LG over Dilli Ki Yogshala: Kejriwal`s announcement came a day after the free yoga classes, conducted at around 590 sites in the capital city, were suspended amid the ongoing tussle between the Delhi government and Lt Governor V K Saxena.

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that the free yoga training will not be stopped and the yoga classes will resume across the national capital from Thursday. "I had a meeting with the yoga teachers of Delhi`s Yogashala. Yoga classes will resume all over Delhi from tomorrow (Thursday). I assured the yoga teachers that I would pay their monthly wages. They may continue the work of teaching yoga to the people of Delhi. We will not let the work of yoga training stop," he said in a tweet in Hindi.

अभी मैंने दिल्ली की योगशाला के योग शिक्षकों के साथ मीटिंग की। कल से दोबारा योग क्लास पूरी दिल्ली में फिर से शुरू होंगी। मैंने योग शिक्षकों को भरोसा दिलाया कि उनका मासिक मेहनताना मैं दूँगा। वे दिल्ली के लोगों को योग सिखाने का काम जारी रखें। योग प्रशिक्षण का काम हम रुकने नहीं देंगे — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) November 2, 2022

Kejriwal`s announcement came a day after the free yoga classes, conducted at around 590 sites in the capital city, were suspended amid the ongoing tussle between the Delhi government and Lt Governor VK Saxena.

"Today, 17,000 Delhi residents are doing yoga for free. Our target is that 17 lakh people should do yoga. One day, I will facilitate free yoga for 130 crore residents of the country," Kejriwal said in another tweet.

Deputy CM Manish Sisodia on Monday had said the proposal to continue 'Dilli Ki Yogshala' programme, which was started in December 2021, was already sent to the LG`s office. However, the clearance was still awaited, he had claimed. 

दिल्ली के कोने कोने में दिल्ली की योगशाला के तहत योग क्लासेज एक बार फिर शुरू हुई है। जनता उसी उत्साह और ऊर्जा से क्लासेज़ के साथ जुड़ी हुई है

षड्यंत्रकारियों को जनता का ये जवाब है-अधिकारियों को डराने धमकाने से जनक्रांति नहीं रुकती। @ArvindKejriwal जी जो कहते है वह कर दिखाते है pic.twitter.com/il9GJstzSO — Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) November 3, 2022

However, a source at the LG`s Secretariat on Monday said that the LG office has not received yet any files seeking an extension of yoga classes. "LG office has not yet received any file seeking permission for the extension of the yoga programme beyond October 31 so it is wrong to state that the LG has not approved the extension of the programme due to which it is being discontinued," the source said.