Attacking the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government for prevailing water shortage in the national Capital, Delhi Congress president Ajay Maken said the crisis is a result of the Delhi Government's apathy to deal with the situation. He also said 48 per cent of the total water supply is wasted in leakages but instead of doing something to plug the leakages, the Government is busy passing the buck and diverting people's attention by raising other irrelevant issues.
Maken's statement came days after the talks about the possibility of a coalition between the two parties were started as AAP leader Dilip Pandey took to twitter to claim that the Congress is in touch with them for an alliance. However, Congress president ruled out any possibility of forming a coalition with the AAP in the upcoming lok Sabha elections.
Addressing gathering of party workers and residents at different locations in Delhi during its a month long 'Jal Satyagraha', he said that during the 15-year rule of the Congress Government in Delhi, there was hardly any water crisis as water treatment capacity was increased from 526MGD to 906 MGD. "On the other hand, the AAP Government has done nothing in this regard in its four-year rule," he said.
Maken also said the Congress party, as a responsible Opposition, has begun the "Jal Satyagraha" across the city to make people aware about the actual reasons for the shortage of water. "The present crisis has completely exposed the AAP Government's lies of giving free water to the people," he said.
Maken further said the Government, which had promised to eliminate the water tanker mafia is now in league with the tanker mafia and people are forced to purchase water from these mafias due to the non-availability of potable water. "Instead of putting an end to the rule of the water tanker mafia, the AAP Government has increased the number of tankers which points to corruption and a major scam," he alleged.
The month-long Jal Satyagraha agitation was started on June 1 and will conclude on June 30 in all assembly constituencies of Delhi, especially those having a large concentration of unauthorised colonies, resettlement colonies and the areas where the poor people live.