Delhi BJP accuses AAP govt of 'carelessness', seeks judicial investigation into Yamuna flood

NEW DELHI: The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday sought a judicial investigation on Sunday into whether the AAP govt desilted the Yamuna River and city drains, and if so, how much money was spent on it.
Virendra Sachdeva, the head of the Delhi BJP, said during a news conference that the Kejriwal government failed to desilt the Yamuna and sewers, which led to the flooding in Delhi.


"We demand a judicial probe into if any desilting of Yamuna and the drains was conducted by Kejriwal government and if yes, how much money was spent on it," Sachdeva said.
Alleging "corruption and carelessness" of AAP government as the reason behind the flood, Sachdeva said meeting of an apex committee on flood control, headed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, has not been held in the last two years.
The co-convener of BJP's legal cell, Bansuri Swaraj, accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its government in Delhi of trying to cover their "inaction" in handling the flood situation with "lies."
The AAP leaders had earlier accused the BJP of conspiring to flood Delhi by discharging huge quantity of water in Yamuna from Haryana's Hathinikund barrage.
(With inputs from PTI)