New Delhi, June 5 -- Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood strongly criticized the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), accusing it of deliberately creating confusion around the Delhi Public School (DPS) issue to derail the proposed Fee Regulation Bill. In a press conference Sood said, "With full responsibility and firmness, I want to say that the panic within AAP over our Fee Act is evident. Hiding behind the DPS controversy, they are providing cover fire to prevent the bill from being implemented."

He further alleged that just as bribes were taken "under the table" in the past, AAP wishes to maintain the same corrupt practices by stalling fee reforms. Sood claimed that the Fee Regulation Bill has caused panic within the AAP leadership, prompting them...