Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday drank from the Yamuna River at Palla village in Delhi after AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal accused the BJP of poisoning it. Saini called the accusations made by Kejriwal as ‘politically motivated and to instill fear into the public psyche’.
“An unfortunate statement by Arvind Kejriwal was given to create fear in the minds of people for his political benefits. Today, I have come here to the banks of River Yamuna and took a sip of water from Yamuna. He said that the BJP Govt of Haryana has poisoned the Yamuna River. He spoke about mass genocide. The water resource authority took samples from here and no poison was found in the water. Arvind Kejriwal has lied all his life,” Saini remarked, according to ANI.
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The controversy began when Kejriwal accused the BJP-led Haryana government of dumping industrial waste into the Yamuna River and even claimed that they were ‘mixing poison’. Delhi’s Chief Minister Atishi also alleged that the BJP was ‘deliberately disrupting’ Delhi’s water supply as part of a political strategy ahead of the February 5 Assembly elections.
In view of this, Haryana’s Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Vipul Goel declared that the state government would file a case against Kejriwal over his statement, terming it irresponsible and panic-inducing. “Kejriwal made an irresponsible statement with the intent of spreading panic among the people of Delhi and Haryana. His office going to get a case registered against him in Sonipat CJM Court under the sections of Disaster Management Act, 2(D) and 54,” Goel said.