Delhi flood politics in spate: BJP's RP Singh dismisses conspiracy charge, says AAP trying to hide failure

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BJP national spokesperson RP Singh on Sunday came down heavily on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over the prevailing flood situation in the national capital, accusing the ruling party of trying to hide its failure in dealing with the water woes. This after the AAP accused the NDA regime at the Centre and the BJP-ruled Haryana of hatching a conspiracy to plunge the national capital into a flood crisis by releasing water from the Hathnikund Barrage. Speaking to on Sunday, Singh said the AAP, instead of pointing fingers at the BJP over the ongoing flood situation in the Capital, should come clean on the 'scam' that happened in the name of Yamuna cleaning.

«They(AAP) are making such unfounded allegations against us in a desperate bid to hide their failure. They were supposed to clean the Yamuna but they did not. If they had ensured proper cleaning of the Yamuna on time, the situation in the national capital wouldn't have come to this.

They should talk about the scam that took place in the name of Yamuna cleaning,» the BJP leader said. Singh was responding to Delhi Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Atishi accusing the Haryana government of deliberately releasing water from the Hathinikund barrage to flood the national capital. «From Hathnikund barrage, water is release to three states — Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

The big question that is on everyone's lips is why was all the water from the Hathnikund barrage released only towards Delhi. Even as the release of water from Haryana saw the Yamuna cross the danger mark and inundate several parts of the national capital, not a single drop of water was diverted to UP. Why? Is it because Haryana government did not want to cause flooding in UP, as it is also a BJP-ruled state?