CHANDIGARH: Amid the controversy over the Yamuna river in Delhi is “poisonous”, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday drank water from the river near the Delhi border and slammed AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal for “spreading lies”.
“I drank the water of the holy Yamuna on the border of Haryana without any hesitation. Kejriwal has blatantly lied. Even I’m having relatives in Delhi. The AAP convener should immediately tender an apology,” the Haryana Chief Minister wrote on X.
Meanwhile, state Revenue and Disaster Management Minister said the government has taken a strong cognisance of the statement of former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal regarding Delhi’s water supply and filed a case against him in the Sonipat court under the Disaster Management Act.
Calling Kejriwal’s statement absurd and misleading, Goel told the media that the Election Commission of India should take cognisance of such baseless statements. “Kejriwal has done cheap politics by making such allegations on Haryana causing the state government to take legal action,” he said.
He said the water supplied to Delhi is the same water consumed by the President, the Prime Minister, and Union Ministers.
He accused Kejriwal of spreading fear not only among Delhi’s people but also among Haryana’s citizens with his false claims.
A day earlier, Chief Minister Saini said the statement of poisonous water made by Kejriwal “is a political stunt by the Aam Aadmi Party aimed at influencing voters in the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections and deflecting attention from its own failures”.
He said the issue has been raised with the Election Commission of India. (IANS)
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