'Tell me, when should I come,' Kejriwal's latest jab at Assam's chief minister comes amid an ongoing Twitter feud

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• Aug 27, 2022 | Poonam Nath

Arvind Kejriwal and his Assam counterpart, Himanta Biswa Sarma, have been engaged in a Twitter squabble that has raged on, with the latest remark by the AAP chief coming today.

Digital Desk: The Kejriwal-led AAP is engaged in a heated battle both physically and virtually even as the party's prominent figure, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, is under investigation by the CBI. 

Arvind Kejriwal, the CM of Delhi, and Himanta Biswa Sarma, the chief minister of Assam, have been engaged in a heated Twitter exchange that has persisted to this day.

"We have a saying: if someone asks, 'When should I come?' and they say, 'Come whenever you can,' it means, 'Don't come ever.' When I asked you, "When should I come to see your government schools?" you did not respond. Tell me when you want me to come, and only then will I come, "Kejriwal tweeted in response to Himanta Biswa Sarma's post mocking Kejriwal and highlighting some differences between Delhi and Assam.

Over the past three days, Kejriwal and Sarma have engaged in a number of virtual verbal counterattacks. After Kejriwal posted on Wednesday that closing schools are not a solution and that more schools need to be opened nationwide, and shared a link to a news article alleging the "closure" of 34 schools because of subpar performance in Assam, the Twitter war between the two politicians started from then on.

Himanta repeatedly takes a jab at Kejriwal, telling him to "do his homework" before making statements against BJP-controlled states. 

Kejriwal had tweeted a message of "peace", encouraging cooperation and inviting the Assam chief minister. "You demonstrate your excellence in the sphere of education for me. When you visit Delhi, I'll show you the city's work, Kejriwal had promised.

He said that the government had taken control of 6,802 elementary schools, 1,589 secondary schools, 81 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas, three Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Avashik Vidyalayas, and 97 tea garden model schools since his time in education minister in 2013.