By A Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI – In a sharp attack on Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh accused him of failing to fulfill his promise of cleaning the Yamuna River and then shifting blame to Haryana.
Addressing a public gathering in the national capital, Singh recalled Arvind Kejriwal’s earlier commitment to making the Yamuna’s water drinkable within three years of coming to power. “He (Kejriwal) had said that if he comes to power, he will clean the Yamuna River within three years and make the water drinkable. When he could not do it, he said that people from Haryana had mixed poison in it,” Singh said.
Singh strongly refuted Kejriwal’s claim, questioning whether the BJP would ever allow Delhi residents to consume poisoned water. “I want to ask you, is BJP such a party whose Chief Minister will make Delhiites drink poison?” he asked.
To counter Kejriwal’s allegations, Rajnath Singh pointed out that Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini had taken a direct approach to prove the river’s safety. “He (Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini) has himself gone into the Yamuna River and drank the water and has shown it,” he stated.