New Delhi: A day after AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal accused the BJP Government in Haryana of poisoning the Yamuna river in Delhi, Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxena on Tuesday wrote a letter to Chief Minister Atishi condemning the statements made by her predecessor and party chief.
In his letter, Saxena said that Kejriwal’s statement alleging that a conspiracy was being made for ‘mass genocide in Delhi’ was highly objectionable and misleading. He observed that such statements may led to fear among the people of Delhi.
Kejriwal’s statement has a scientific basis: LG VK Saxena
“Former Chief Minister and leader of your party, Shri Arvind Kejriwal, has accused the Haryana government of poisoning the Yamuna river and said that a conspiracy is being hatched to commit mass genocide in Delhi. This is a highly objectionable, factless, and misleading statement,” he wrote.
Delhi LG VK Saxena writes to Delhi CM Atishi and expressed his objection to Arvind Kejriwal’s statement.
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The LG added, “Not only is this statement misleading, but it also has no scientific basis. Such baseless claims from the government only create a sense of fear and insecurity among the public.Not only this, despite your party being busy with the Assembly elections, you repeated this misleading statement of yours and publicly alleged that the Haryana government deliberately mixed poisonous substance in the Yamuna to make people sick in Delhi.”
‘Misleading statements may create serious challenges to Delhi Govt’
“As a responsible citizen of Delhi, you know very well that no government department has any report that proves that the Haryana government has poisoned the Yamuna. Therefore, such baseless and misleading statements can create many serious challenges for the Delhi government,” Saxena wrote further observing that Atishi’s statement showed a ‘tendency to provoke people’ for political benefits.
The LG also pointed out that successive governments in Delhi tried to find solutions for ammonia in the Yamuna each year. He asked, “Didn’t you think earlier that Delhi could have been saved from starvation and health crisis because of such statements?”, he asked.
