Ahead of the much-awaited Delhi assembly elections, former chief minister and AAP supremo attempted to deflect the blame of his government’s failure to clean the Yamuna river onto the BJP, alleging that its government in Haryana poisoned its waters.
“The people of Delhi get water to drink from Haryana and UP. In Yamuna, water flows into Delhi from Haryana. BJP’s Haryana govt has poisoned the water in Yamuna. However, the Delhi Jal Board were vigilant enough to stop that water from coming to Delhi otherwise – that would have caused mass genocide in Delhi,” said Kejriwal, without offering any evidence to back his claim.
#WATCH | #DelhiElection2025 | AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal says, "…The people of Delhi get water to drink from Haryana and UP. In Yamuna, water flows into Delhi from Haryana. BJP's Haryana govt has poisoned the water in Yamuna. However, the Delhi Jal Board were… pic.twitter.com/fgZPxoBnC0
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Making outlandish claims that the BJP government in Haryana leaned on “biological weapons” to poison Yamuna, Kejriwal said, “The BJP govt has mixed such kind of poison in the water that cannot be treated even by the water treatment plants. It has caused water scarcity in one-third of Delhi. Such politics is done by two enemy countries – like the USA bombed Japan with nuclear bombs. A few countries use biological weapons to poison river water. But, the same has been done by the BJP govt.”
“They have done this to create chaos in Delhi and so the people of Delhi die and the blame comes on AAP. Atishi and Bhagwant Mann have written a letter to the Election Commission and have asked for the time to meet on an urgent basis. I hope the Election Commission will intervene and protect the people of Delhi from such tragedy,” Kejriwal added amidst questions raised over the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party government’s utter failure to clean the Yamuna River.
