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BJP vs AAP over Arvind Kejriwal's ‘poison in Yamuna’ remark, Haryana CM warns legal action, Atishi backs AAP chief

The row over former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's remarks on Yamuna pollution has picked up a lot of steam since Monday.

BJP vs AAP over Arvind Kejriwal's ‘poison in Yamuna’ remark, Haryana CM warns legal action, Atishi backs AAP chief

The controversy surrounding Arvind Kejriwal's remarks about Yamuna pollution has intensified since Monday. The Delhi Chief Minister accused Haryana's BJP government of "poisoning" the Yamuna water supplied to Delhi, potentially harming the city's residents. Kejriwal further claimed that Haryana was doing this to cause deaths and shift blame onto the AAP.

Haryana Chief Minister, Nayab Singh Saini, responded on Tuesday by warning of a defamation lawsuit against Kejriwal, demanding an apology for his “false and disgusting” statements. Saini also criticized Kejriwal’s leadership, calling him a burden on Delhi and vowing that the BJP would free the city from his rule in upcoming state elections.

Saini refuted Kejriwal's water scarcity claims, explaining that the issue lay in Delhi's water distribution system, which he said had been mismanaged for a decade. He invited Delhi’s Chief Secretary to verify the water quality at Sonipat, from where the water enters Delhi.

Haryana Minister Anil Vij also weighed in, dismissing Kejriwal’s accusations as baseless and blaming him for failing to address the city's water quality problems. Vij further suggested that journalists check the water quality both where it enters Delhi and within the city itself, implying that the fault lay with Delhi’s own management.

Meanwhile, Shilpa Shinde, CEO of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), criticized Kejriwal's statements as "factually incorrect" in a letter to the Chief Secretary. In response, Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Atishi alleged that the letter was a result of pressure from the BJP-led central government through Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena.

Atishi claimed that the letter inadvertently confirmed the severity of the situation, revealing that the ammonia levels in Yamuna water had reached 6.5 ppm, well above the acceptable limit of 1–2.5 ppm. She argued that the high ammonia levels were beyond the capacity of Delhi’s water treatment plants to handle properly.

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