Shimla, Aug 29 (Reporter) The Himachal Pradesh government has no plans to bring the Atal Adarsh Vidyalayas (AAV) under private institutions, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Thursday amid heated exchanges between the ruling Congress and the Opposition BJP in the legislative Assembly. Sukhu responded to a query from Vinod Kumar, an MLA from Nachan, asserting that the BJP was spreading misinformation about the government's intentions by suggesting that institutions under the AAV residential school scheme were being auctioned off. He clarified that none of the AAV schools announced by the previous BJP government had been merged with the Rajiv Gandhi Day Boarding Schools, which were introduced by the current government. The Chief Minister also accused the previous BJP government of being responsible for a significant decline in the state's educational standards, stating that the quality of education had dropped by eight notches during their tenure. The debate in the House became heated after Revenue Minister Jagat Singh Negi revealed that funds allocated for an AAV school in Nachan had been diverted to Dharampur, adding that the government would proceed with the AAV scheme as soon as resources were available. BJP MLA Vipen Parmar raised concerns about the government mixing the two different education schemes, with Negi clarifying that the Rajiv Gandhi Model School Scheme was intended for day boarding students, while the AAV scheme was for fully residential schools. Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur said that the decline in educational standards was due to the current government's closure of schools opened by the BJP and pointed to a newspaper advertisement as evidence of the government's plans to lease out AAV schools...////...