New Delhi: Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor on Friday wrote to chief minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking the government’s intervention to stall the proposed e-auction of Raisina Bengali School in South Delhi’s CR Park.

TOI had earlier reported on how the debt recovery tribunal has ordered for an e-auction to be held, as the school defaulted on repaying a loan. After failing to repay the loan amount of Rs 2 crore, the principal and interest now stand at Rs 8 crore. “It is a very old and reputed school of Delhi where around 1,000 students study…your government claims to be doing pioneer work in education sector, which has prompted me to write this letter to you,” Kapoor said in the communication.

Kapoor further stated that the matter should be taken up with the tribunal to settle the “loan amount at minimal and give a soft long term loan of that amount to school. Or else, Delhi government may buy the school at a settled amount and allow the management to run it with government members on its board,” the letter read. TNN