Delhi Election 2025 Live Updates: BJP Ups Ante Over Kejriwal's 'Poison In Yamuna' Remark, Says 'Even Pakistan Did Not...'

AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj raked up the issue of ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s stay in India and asked what is her relation to BJP and why she was given shelter here when hundreds of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants came to India under her regime.

“BJP says the Kejriwal government settled Bangladeshis in Delhi. Kejriwal government is in power since 2015. BJP is in power at the Centre since 2014. Sheikh Hasina’s government was in power in Bangladesh since 2009. So whose government allowed Bangladeshis to infiltrate through the India-Bangladesh border?” Bharadwaj wrote on X.

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi has requested an appointment with the Chief Election Commissioner. Citing the CEO of the Delhi Jal Board, Atishi highlighted that the ammonia levels in the Yamuna have increased sevenfold.

“Ammonia levels continue to be 6 times above normal in Yamuna waters, at the point it is entering Delhi from Haryana. Such levels are extremely toxic for the human body. This water cannot be treated and supplied to people of Delhi. Otherwise their lives will be at risk,: she wrote.

All BJP MPs from Haryana will hold a joint press conference at 1 pm in response to Arvind Kejriwal’s recent remarks on Yamuna water. Kejriwal alleged that the saffron party is trying to kill people by mixing “poison” in the river, which the BJP vehemently denied.

Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini refuted the claims and said it is an old habit of AAP leaders to blame others and run away. Saini further said that Kejriwal should apologise to the public or else he would file a defamation case against him over the fraudulent remarks.

Reacting to Arvind Kejriwal’s allegations on Yamuna water, BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi remarked during a press conference that even Pakistan did not make such allegations against India during wartime.

“I can say that this poisonous statement given by Kejriwal on water is definitely shaking the mind of every person in Delhi that to what extent politics is going and this is a question of Delhi’s honour… Such cheap things are being said as part of a deep conspiracy to hide their defeat,” he added.

Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit slammed Arvind Kejriwal over his “false allegations” related to “poisoning” of the Yamuna river. “Arvind Kejriwal should explain what kind of poison was there (in water). He is lying and still allowed to roam free,” he said.

“If a common man alleges the govt of genocide, he will be in jail the very next day. I am surprised that why no action is being taken against him by Haryana Police or Delhi Police. Where is the election commission? I think either there is an internal alliance between both the parties (AAP and BJP) or these institutions aren’t worried about such issues, even if people get panicked,” he added.

Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been granted 30-day parole. He will be walking out of the Sunaria jail in Haryana’s Rohtak where he is serving a 20-year sentence given in 2017 for raping two of his disciples.

The Sirsa-headquartered Dera Sacha Sauda has a number of followers in Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and other states. In Haryana, Dera Sacha Sauda has followers in many districts, including Sirsa, Fatehabad, Kurukshetra, Kaithal and Hisar.

BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri expressed confidence that the party will form the next government after the upcoming Assembly elections in the national capital and his own victory in the Kalkaji constituency, where he is up against Chief Minister Atishi.

“Whoever became a MLA from Kalka Ji, he became the government of Delhi. So, if Kalka Ji is winning, then the BJP government is being formed. I stand by my statistics that the seats of the BJP are going to come between 40 and 52,” he told IANS.

Former Vice President Hamid Ansari on Monday cast his vote in the Delhi Assembly elections using the ‘Vote From Home’ facility introduced by the Election Commission of India (ECI). It allows eligible electors to vote remotely through the Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS).

This facility is available for senior citizens above 85 years of age, as well as for disabled people. As of now, 6,399 senior citizens and 1,050 persons with physical disabilities have opted for this facility in Delhi.

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi has accused the BJP of violating the Model Code of Conduct in effect in the national capital by conducting registrations for its proposed welfare schemes, demanding immediate action against BJP leaders and workers.

Atishi said BJP’s actions can influence voters ahead of the February 5 elections and warned that her party will also conduct similar registrations for its welfare schemes if no action is taken within 24 hours.

The AAP accused the BJP-led Haryana government of poisoning the water of Yamuna which is being supplied to the national capital. Arvind Kejriwal accused the BJP of causing harm to people by mixing poison in the water.

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini refuted the claims and said it is AAP’s old habit of blaming others and then running away. Saini further said that Kejriwal should apologise to the public or else he would would file a defamation case against him over the fraudulent remarks.

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Monday unveiled the party’s manifesto for the Delhi Assembly polls, and vowed to provide free bus rides to male students, free study abroad for SC-ST students, and monthly aid to women among other “guarantees”.

In the manifesto titled “Kejriwal Ki Guarantee”, the AAP supremo listed out 15-point promises that he said he would fulfill if his party manages to retain power in Delhi which is all set for a heated election.