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Last Updated:January 26, 2025, 19:55 IST

The murky state of the Yamuna has become a major point of contention between the BJP and the ruling AAP in the run up to Delhi Assembly Elections

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal | File Image/PTI

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday vowed to remove illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators from Delhi and promised voters a cleaner Yamuna within three years, if the BJP win the upcoming Delhi elections.

He lashed out at the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for its poor governance in Delhi, asserting that their rule would come to an end on February 8, the day the election results will be announced.

“During CM Arvind Kejriwal’s rule, Delhi went from bad to worse. In 10 years, many states of the country where double-engine governments were formed, have reached great heights, but Delhi is struggling with waterlogging, dirty water and garbage,” said Shah while addressing a public rally in Narela.

Shah promised the development of the Yamuna riverfront in three years on lines of the Sabarmati riverfront, among others.

The murky state of the Yamuna has become a major point of contention between the BJP and the AAP, which had promised to clean the river by 2025 but has failed to fulfil that pledge, leading to increased criticism from the opposition.

Earlier this week, BJP candidate from New Delhi Parvesh Verma immersed an effigy of Arvind Kejriwal in the Yamuna River, claiming that the AAP leader’s failure to fulfil his promise of cleaning the Yamuna has become evident.

The AAP supremo in his campaigns for the Delhi Assembly polls admitted that he could not fulfil the promise of cleaning the Yamuna. However, he assured people that the river will be cleaned in the next two to three years after AAP comes back to power in Delhi.

Amit Shah Coins New Term

Shah labelled the AAP as the ‘Aawaidh Aamdaniwali Party’ and accused the party of spreading lies to secure votes while engaging in corruption under Arvind Kejriwal’s leadership during its 10 years in power in Delhi.

“Kejriwal only told lies to get votes… AAP means ‘Awaidh Aamdaniwali Party’ (party which makes illegal income),” Shah said.

“Arvind Kejriwal has been only lying. He said that he didn’t want a CM House but made Sheeshmahal for himself. He said he didn’t want security but now he wants security from the police of two states. He said that he will not ally with anyone but he sided with Congress,” he added.

AAP Insulted Purvanchalis: Amit Shah

The Home Minister reiterated BJP’s charge that AAP had insulted Purvanchali voters and asked whether people from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh don’t have the right to vote.

“They (AAP) have not only created chaos but have also insulted our Purvanchalis. They say that Purvanchalis are fake voters. Kejriwal ji, do my brothers and sisters from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand not have the right to vote in Delhi?” Shah said.

Of the 70 assembly seats in Delhi, Purvanchali voters are believed to have a significant influence on 27 seats. Voters from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand make up a strong vote share in these constituencies. As the election date, February 5, approaches, both BJP and AAP are concentrating their efforts on these Purvanchali voters.