Amid the Punjab-Haryana water dispute, Minister of State Tarunpreet Singh Sond on Thursday said that Punjab has provided excess water to Haryana even though it has overdrawn. He opposed transferring excess water and insisted it should stay with Punjab for paddy cultivation.
Haryana BJP president Mohan Lal Badoli on Thursday accused Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo of politicising the drinking water issue and instigating Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to deny more water to Haryana to avenge AAP's defeat in the Delhi elections.
Congress MP Randeep Surjewala on Wednesday accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the Centre and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab of pushing Haryana into a severe water crisis.
Amid the water crisis in the national capital during heatwaves and rising temperatures, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi Minister Atishi on Tuesday claimed that neighbouring Haryana is releasing less water into the canals of Delhi and the AAP government would approach the Supreme Court
Taking to the microblogging site X, Atishi posted, "Delhiites are troubled by this severe heatwave and water shortage. This is not the time to do dirty politics but to face this crisis together. If the BJP wants to give relief to the people of Delhi, then ask your Haryana and UP governments