Delhi BJP on Friday accused the AAP leader and Water Minister Atishi of trying to mislead people in the national capital by issuing cooked up figures and social media posts instead of working to fix leakages in pipelines and taking action against AAP MLAs involved in water theft by ‘tanker mafia’ amid the city facing water crisis.

Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva said, “The Minister Atishi has said that normal water production in Delhi is 1005 MGD and she has issued data of water production between 6th June to 13th June which by itself shows that there is hardly any water production shortage. Against normal production of 1005 MGD on 6th June, Delhi produced 1002 MGD which is hardly 0.5 per cent less while on 13th June production was 939 MGD that is 7 per cent less.”

Questioning Atishi about why the city is parched when the production is reduced by barely 0.5 to 7 per cent, Sachdeva said, “If Kejriwal government had worked to check leakages and water theft which account for 54 per cent water loss then even at 939 MGD Delhi could have got proper water supply.”

Sachdeva said it's shameful that instead of working round the clock to fix leakages and check theft the AAP Minister is working round the clock to spread fake stories and feeding misleading information to Delhiites through media and social media.

Delhi BJP Spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said that it's shameful that instead of solving the water crisis, AAP Ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj are doing political melodramas like calling MLA meetings and praising jailed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his concern for Delhiites water problem. “Most of the 61 AAP MLAs have been there for almost 9.5 years and it's shocking that Ministers have to call meetings of MLAs to cajole them to work for restarting development works or to ensure proper water supply,” he said.

Further, he said, “People of Delhi want to know from Ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj what action have they taken against their MLAs like Bhawna Gaud whose accomplices are part of Delhi's water tank mafia.”

Delhi BJP President said that while on normal days in Delhi the water theft and leakage loss is 54% but on Friday it's 75 per cent as the water theft by tanker mafia has almost doubled.