A Delhi school principal has accused an AAP MLA’s husband of “pressuring” him to admit a student, a charge the MLA’s husband has denied.

In a complaint to the State Education Department, Principal of Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, BT Block in Shalimar Bagh, Ranjeet Kumar said that AAP MLA Bandana Kumari’s husband Sajjan Kumar had “threatened” him of dire consequences if his demands were not met.

The principal has said that he would resign if no action was taken with regard to his complaint.

“This is to inform that I have been facing lot of political pressure for admission from Classes VI to XI, which do not come under RTE Act or departmental norms,” the principal said in the complaint titled “Harassment and misbehaviour by Sajjan Kumar”.

“Various persons have come time and again from her (Bandana Kumari’s) office for admission and a few had been done, which come under departmental rules. Yesterday, Sajjan Kumar called me without introducing himself as husband of Kumari. He said that his referred admission had not been done in Class X. I told him to come and meet me personally...audio of the same is with me,” the principal said.

“He then came to the school and started speaking loudly along with his volunteer Sanjay Mishra. He did not listen to me and told me to either get VRS or he would get me terminated or make me face dire consequences,” the principal alleged.

Sajjan Kumar admitted to having visited the principal, but denied “threatening” him.

“I did visit the principal to request him for admission of a student who is needy and cannot enroll in a private school. But I did not threaten him about his job,” he said. — PTI

AAP MLA Bandana Kumari’s husband has been accused of threatening the principal with dire consequences for failing to grant admission to a candidate he had suggested