NEW DELHI, Jan 27: In a sensational claim, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Monday alleged that the BJP is trying to kill the people of Delhi by mixing “poison” in the Yamuna river. Delhi Chief Minister Atishi also accused the ruling BJP in Haryana of “intentionally” draining industrial waste into the Yamuna, an act she termed as “water terrorism”.
Hitting back at AAP leaders, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said it is their old habit of blaming others and then running away, while asserting that the people of Delhi will teach them a lesson in the February 5 Assembly polls.
“I asked them (the AAP government in Delhi) to send their chief secretary and said I will ask my chief secretary to check the quality of the water at Sonipat, from where the Yamuna enters Delhi. Anyone can check the water quality there. They are talking about ammonia. There is an issue in their (Delhi’s) distribution system…He (Kejriwal) should work instead of making allegations,” Saini told reporters in Chandigarh.
The fresh accusation by the AAP leaders escalated the ongoing war of words between the Kejriwal-led party and the BJP ahead of the Delhi election.
Later in the day, the chief executive officer of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), which supplies water in the national capital, wrote to the Delhi chief secretary, terming the statements of Atishi and Kejriwal as “false”, and saying that this might lead to fear-mongering among people.
At a press conference, Atishi alleged that the BJP is “deliberately disrupting” Delhi’s water supply as a “historic loss” awaits the saffron party in the upcoming Assembly polls in the capital.
“The bewildered BJP is resorting to tactics, such as stopping the water supply. Haryana is intentionally draining industrial waste into the Yamuna to harm the people of Delhi and influence the election outcome unfairly,” she said.
Meanwhile, sources said the Election Commission (EC) has directed the Haryana government to submit a factual report in the matter by Tuesday noon, following a complaint made to the poll panel by Atishi and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
Kejriwal claimed that those associated with the saffron party are sending “poison-mixed” water to Delhi to trigger a “chaos” and blame the AAP for the deaths of people. Such actions, like using biological weapons and mixing poison in rivers, have been heard in case of countries engaged in a war, he told reporters.
In a post in Hindi on X, the AAP chief alleged that those associated with the BJP in Haryana are mixing poison in the water and sending it to Delhi.
“If people in Delhi drink this water, many will die. Can anything be more disgusting than this? The poison that is being mixed in the water cannot even be cleaned in water treatment plants. For the safety of the people of Delhi, the water supply has to be stopped in many areas,” he said. (PTI)
