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New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia on Wednesday lashed out against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the issue of the massive shutdown of government schools in BJP ruled states. Sisodia also revealed that enrollment of students in Delhi government schools has increased in the last five years, whereas it has witnessed a huge decrease in the MCD schools, run by the BJP. Sisodia said, " Meanwhile, the Haryana government has shut down 208 government schools between 2015-2018 and in the same period, the Rajasthan government closed down 4,000 schools. "Enrolment in MCD schools has declined by 1.3 lakh in the last four years whereas the enrollment in Delhi government schools has increased by 6,000. Effectively, this means around 1.36 lakh students from private schools have joined Delhi government schools..