Politics over Chhath intensified in the national Capital on Sunday with the ruling AAP and the Opposition BJP and the Congress over pollution in the Yamuna river and preparation at ghats for the festival.

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari, on Sunday, criticised Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the Chhath Puja preparations. Taking a dig at Kejriwal's Gujarat tour, he said, "As pollution rises, CM Kejriwal should've stayed in Delhi to prepare for Chhath Puja, instead he's touring Gujarat as he doesn't want to facilitate devotees here.

If he isn't concerned about Delhi, he should go to Punjab & become CM there." BJP MP Parvesh Verma shared several videos on Twitter and said devotees were sad that water was not available at the temporary ponds created for them to celebrate the festival He also shared purported videos of the Yamuna carrying froth due to pollution since 2015 and said "those 5 years will never come", referring to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's promise to clean the river.

Senior AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh also shared a video of froth in the Yamuna river at the Mathura barrage in Uttar Pradesh, taking a dig at the BJP. This prompted Verma to hit back at Singh, saying the Yamuna flowed from Delhi towards UP and questioning the AAP MP's education.

Delhi Congress president Anil Kumar accompanied by many Chhath devotees staged a protest at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) office near ITO alleging lack of preparations at the ghats and restrictions on celebrating the festival at only designated places along the Yamuna.Delhi Congress President Ch Anil Kumar on Sunday alleged that the Kejriwal Government has hurt the religious sentiments of over 50 lakh people from the Poorvanchal region by denying them permission to hold their most important religious festival, Chhath Puja, at the Yamuna river banks with the false claim that the NGT has not given permission.

Kumar said that while the UP Government has allowed devotees to hold Chhath Puja at the Yamuna bank of the Kalindi Kunj area near Noida, devotees in Delhi are being slapped with a fine of Rs 5000, though NGT has not issued any order against Chhath Puja at Yamuna river banks. 

Delhi Congress chief said ghats Kalindi Kunj and ITO, where a pond has been dug for holding the Puja, and he blamed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for the plight of the devotees in Delhi, as he treats Poorvanchalis only as mere vote banks.