New Delhi: Delhi Water Minister Atishi on Sunday accused BJP workers of vandalising a Delhi Jal Board office in south Delhi and alleged that the saffron party is hatching a conspiracy against the national capital's residents.
She said at a press conference that the BJP is leaving no stone unturned to trouble Delhi's people. Amid protests over the national capital's severe water shortage, Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday accused BJP leaders and workers of vandalising a Delhi Jal Board office. Earlier in the day, BJP leaders led a protest against the AAP government in different areas across Delhi over the water shortage.
"The first part of the conspiracy was reducing Delhi's water through its government in Haryana. Today (Sunday), the Wazirabad barrage is lying empty while the Munak canal is receiving less water," the senior AAP leader alleged.
"Many parts of south Delhi did not receive water this morning because the main pipeline was intentionally broken yesterday (Saturday). Step two, breaking water pipelines and disrupting supply. Step three, which was revealed today, was the BJP sending goons to the Delhi Jal Board office to create ruckus," she said.
There was no immediate reaction available from the BJP. Atishi said Delhi Jal Board officials will file a police complaint in connection with the vandalism incident. "Will the Delhi Police register an FIR? Will the Delhi Lt Governor take action?" she asked. Atishi has also written to Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora, requesting deployment of personnel for patrolling and protecting major pipelines for the next 15 days.
Her colleague in the party and Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj also accused BJP leaders and workers of vandalising the Delhi Jal Board. Terming it a "conspiracy" against the government, Bharadwaj shared a video showing some people breaking the windows of an office by hurling stones and earthern pots at it.
"See BJP leaders wearing party sashes and its workers raising slogans of BJP Zindabad vandalising government property at the Delhi Jal Board office. Who is getting pipelines broken at various places? Whose conspiracy is it?" he said in a post on X in Hindi. Earlier in the day, BJP leaders led a protest against the AAP government in different areas across Delhi over the water crisis. The AAP government has been accusing the BJP-ruled Haryana of not releasing Delhi's share of water. The Congress has also held protests against the acute water shortage in the national capital.
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