Yogi Adityanath began his rallies for Delhi polls in the Kirari area where he accused AAP of depriving the Delhi residents of basic facilities and claimed of 'jeopardising' national security with their actions.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday slammed Aam Aadmi Party and its supremo Arvind Kejriwal for turning Delhi into a 'garbage dump', he mentioned the rising pollution including the toxic foam in River Yamuna. Yogi also claimed that Kejriwal was helping illegal Bangladeshis and Rohingyas to settle down in the national capital.
The UP chief minister held three rallies in Kirari, Karol Bagh and Janakpuri in the national capital on Thursday.
Delhi is slated for a triangular contest between the ruling AAP and opposition BJP and Congress for 70 Assembly seats going to polls on February 5.
The results will be declared after the counting of votes on February 8.
Yogi Adityanath began his rallies for Delhi polls in the Kirari area where he accused AAP of depriving the Delhi residents of basic facilities and claimed of 'jeopardising' national security with their actions.
Yogi spoke about the pollution and presence of toxic foam in River Yamuna as he said that the AAP councillors and MLAs were complicit in the entire plot of AAP convener and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal converting the Yamuna into a "dirty drain".
"Yesterday, I along with all my ministers took a holy dip at the Sangam in Prayagraj where Maha Kumbh is on. I want to ask Kejriwal whether he can bathe in the Yamuna in Delhi along with his ministers. He should answer if he has any moral courage," Yogi reportedly said in Kirari.
According to PTI, the chief minister alleged that the devotees and saints in holy Mathura-Vrindavan are also victims of AAP's "sins" of AAP as "Mother Yamuna" reaches there in the form of a dirty drain.
He alleged that "Arvind Kejriwal and company" never cooperated for the cleanliness of the Yamuna under the Namami Gange project.
They do not want to cooperate or undertake development works and provide basic facilities, Yogi charged. "Their (AAP) only job is to spread lies and videos through social media and press conferences to mislead the people."
Further, Yogi called Kejriwal the "ATM machine of lies" in Delhi as he slammed AAP alleging poor condition of roads, lack of sanitation, problems of drinking water and sewer overflows in the national capital.
Yogi further claimed that the UP roads in Noida and Ghaziabad are far better than in the national capital.
He said the per unit charge of electricity in UP for an ordinary consumer is not more than Rs 3-3.50 while it is Rs 9-10 per unit in Delhi. It means they (Delhi) are charging three times more money than UP but they are unable to provide a 24-hour power supply, he added.
Adityanath urged people to defeat those who are playing with them, making Delhi filthy and playing with national security. They have no right to come back to power, he said.
Except for the New Delhi Municipal Council area where round-the-clock power supply is ensured by the Centre, the power cuts in the remaining parts are more than in many other metros and cities of the country.
He appealed to the people to form the double engine government of BJP and give Delhi a chance to become one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
Addressing another rally in Karol Bagh, Yogi accused the AAP leaders of settling Bangladeshi infiltrators in Okhla and other important places in the national capital.
The AAP office-bearers and MLAs had settled Bangladeshi infiltrators on the land of the irrigation department of the UP government around Jamia Nagar two years ago, he alleged, as per PTI reports.
"I tried two to three times to explain that the land belonged to the UP government and when they forced their way, I had to send bulldozers from UP to remove them and get the land barricaded," he said.
The UP chief minister said he would provide land for any institution or facility for the people of Delhi but would not give even one inch of land in Delhi for the foreign infiltrators.
Alleging that AAP and Kejriwal were betraying the country, Yogi said he believed Delhi people would no longer believe their misleading statements.
Hitting back at Yogi, Kejriwal sought to know during an election rally Delhi's Hari Nagar, how many hours power cut lasts in Uttar Pradesh, alleging poor governance under the saffron party.
Kejriwal reportedly said, "I have just asked so many people and they are telling me that in Delhi, electricity is available for 24 hours. Our (AAP) government has been in Delhi for 10 years. We ensured that Delhi had 24-hour electricity within just 5 years."
"In Uttar Pradesh, BJP has been in power for 10 years with a double engine government. I would like to humbly ask Yogi ji, how many hours of power cuts occur in Uttar Pradesh?" Kejriwal questioned.
(With PTI inputs)