"When Kejriwal couldn't clean Yamuna, he said people from Haryana had mixed poison in it," says Rajnath Singh

New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday lashed out at Aam Aadmi Party chief and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over his "poison" remark and said that he promised to clean the Yamuna River and when unable to accomplish, framed accusations against the Haryana government.
"... He (Arvind Kejriwal) had said that if he comes to power, he will clean the Yamuna river within 3 years and make the water drinkable. When he could not do it, he said that people from Haryana had mixed poison in it. I want to ask you, is BJP such a party whose Chief Minister will make Delhiites drink poison?... He (Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini) has himself gone into the Yamuna River and drank the water and has shown it..." said Rajnath Singh while carrying out a poll campaign in the Vishwas Nagar Assembly Constituency in the national capital.
"What is the reason that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) managed to come into power in the centre? The reason behind it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's credibility, dedication and people's faith in him. I contest parliamentary polls from Lucknow and till today nobody in Lucknow can say that the BJP did not fulfil any of the promises made. There is not much of a need to carry out an election campaign as people have immense trust in us," he added.
Earlier, Haryana Chief Minister Naib Singh Saini invited Aam Admi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal along with the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, in drinking the water of the Yamuna river near Raj Ghat in Delhi.
Saini told reporters, "Arvind Kejriwal did not do anything apart from spreading lies. He is the same person who said he would clean Yamuna, within the first election only, and then the same in the next elections and now that he can't say this anymore, he blamed it upon the Haryana government... "
He lashed out at Kejriwal for making baseless allegations for political interests.
"Haryana provides pure water of Yamuna, but for the sake of his political gains, he is making baseless allegations... There is no lack of water supply from Haryana but in distribution by Delhi government... I invite Arvind Kejriwal to come with Rahul Gandhi and drink the water of Yamuna near Raj Ghat in Delhi...," CM Saini added.
The Delhi polls are scheduled for February 5 and the results will be announced on February 8. A total of 699 candidates are competing for the 70 assembly seats in Delhi.
The Congress, which was in power for 15 consecutive years in Delhi, has suffered setbacks in the last two assembly elections and failed to win any seats. In contrast, AAP dominated the 2015 and 2020 assembly elections, winning 67 and 62 seats, respectively, out of a total of 70 seats, while BJP secured only three and eight seats in these elections. (ANI)