BJP leader Parvesh Verma immerses Kejriwal’s cutout in Yamuna over unfulfilled promise to clean it
The Hindu
BJP's Parvesh Verma immerses former Delhi Chief MInister Arvind Kejriwal's cutout in Yamuna to expose unfulfilled promise of cleaning the river.
BJP candidate from New Delhi Parvesh Verma immersed a cutout of former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the murky water of the Yamuna over his unfulfilled promise to clean the river so that people could take a dip in it.
Mr. Kejriwal's failure to fulfil his promise of cleaning the Yamuna has become evident, Mr. Verma told reporters at the riverbank near ITO.
“Despite having 11 long years of power and spending Rs 8,000 crore, the AAP government failed to deliver on its promise of cleaning the Yamuna. This is the biggest betrayal with the people of Delhi," he said.
Mr. Kejriwal claimed he would clean the river by 2025, but the situation has worsened. "By immersing his effigy, we are exposing his failure to the people of Delhi,” he said.
The AAP supremo in his campaigns for the Delhi Assembly polls admitted that he could not fulfil the promise of cleaning the Yamuna. Now, he has assured people that the river will be cleaned in the next two-three years after AAP comes back to power in Delhi.
Mr. Kejriwal’s tenure as Chief Minister has been limited to "hollow promises and false claims," Verma charged and accused the AAP convenor of lacking the intent and capability to clean the Yamuna.
"This act of immersing his effigy in the Yamuna is a reminder to the people that it is time to free Delhi from deceitful promises,” Mr. Verma said.
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