As Delhi grapples with rising air pollution and toxic foam has been visible on the Yamuna River, Bharatiya Janata Party national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla reached Yamuna bank in Kalindi Kunj area and launched a blistering attack against the Aam Aadmi Party saying that it is the poisonous politics of Arvind Kejriwal that has made the water and air in the national capital poisonous. He further challenged Kejriwal to come along with his party’s leaders and take a dip in the Yamuna River.
“The Yamuna water has turned into poison. Arvind Kejriwal claimed that he would clean Yamuna till 2025. They previously said 2020, then, they claimed 2025. Now if the situation is such before Chhath Puja, the women who will come here will have to suffer so many diseases. Yamuna river has been polluted because the fund that was allocated for the cleaning of Yamuna river has been spent by Arvind kejriwal for advertisements and on himself,” said Poonawalla.
Hitting out at the AAP for playing a blame game, Poonawalla said, “Now they will blame Uttar Pradesh and Haryana governments. The question that arises is why has Delhi become a gas chamber today. The reason behind poisonous water and air is poisonous politics. AAPindulges in polluted blame game politics. Earlier they used to blame stubble burning in Punjab for pollution in Delhi. But now Bhagwant Mann says he can’t do anything about it. What happened with biodecomposers? Today I challenge Arvind Kejriwal, Atishi, Gopal Rai and all the ministers to come here and take a dip here because Kejriwal said that if he would take a dip then only he would fight in elections.”
Meanwhile, Union Minister Harsh Malhotra also reached the Yamuna bank and slammed AAP saying, “…In the Kalindi Kunj area, the oxygen level in the Yamuna River is zero…The Rs 3000 crore given by the Central Government to the Delhi Government for cleaning the Yamuna River fell prey to corruption…The AAP government is an expert in spreading lies and confusing the public…”
The overall Air Quality Index in Delhi has dropped to 297 at 10 am, putting it under the ‘Poor’ category.
As per the Central Pollution Control Board, the AQI when marked under the ‘Poor’ category can cause breathing discomfort to most people on prolonged exposure, whereas, when under the ‘Very poor’ category can cause respiratory illness on prolonged exposure.