AAP govt in Delhi asks Centre to enact law to regulate coaching centres

New Delhi: AAP on Wednesday demanded that the Centre formulate a law to regulate coaching centres and that Parliament form a committee comprising leaders of all parties to talk to parents on the issue.

Three civil services aspirants died on Saturday evening after water from a flooded drain gushed into the library of the basement of Rau's IAS Study Circle in Old Rajinder Nagar.

Addressing a press conference, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said he wrote a letter to the prime minister on Tuesday demanding that a law be passed on how the coaching centres function.

"When the discussion was taking place in the Rajya Sabha, opposition leaders demanded regulations on coaching centres. We will talk to INDIA bloc parties and will continue the demand to regulate coaching institutes," he added.

Singh said the Delhi government has announced it will bring a law to regulate these coaching centres in the national capital.

The leader also said that Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena held a meeting on Tuesday at his residence with coaching centre owners and officials.

"Why was the meeting held behind closed doors? Delhi ministers were not called for it. The coaching centre owners are responsible for running illegal centres, libraries, charging high fees," he alleged.

There was no immediate reaction from the LG office.

Delhi Cabinet Minister Gopal Rai demanded that a joint committee be formed by Parliament comprising leaders of all parties to talk to parents regarding this.

"The government has taken a decision to regulate coaching centres. This problem (is) not of Delhi alone but of the entire country and steps (need to) be taken to address it," he added.

Rai also urged police to be sympathetic to protesters, who are aggrieved by the coaching centre flooding incident.