You misplaced resulting from curse of Yamuna, LG V Ok Saxena tells Atishi

NEW DELHI: You misplaced due to the curse of Yamuna Maa, lieutenant governor V Ok Saxena is learnt to have instructed outgoing CM Atishi on Sunday when she visited Raj Bhawan to submit her papers.
Sources additionally quoted Saxena telling Atishi that he had warned her boss Arvind Kejriwal in regards to the “curse of Yamuna” after he received the Supreme Courtroom to stall a venture to scrub the river.
In accordance with sources in Raj Bhawan, Atishi didn’t reply to the LG’s remarks. When approached by TOI, the LG’s secretariat refused to touch upon this account of Saxena’s dialog with Atishi.
Apex courtroom’s keep on high-level committee on Yamuna in place for over 2 years now
The warning in regards to the “curse” has its roots in a standoff between Saxena and Kejriwal two years in the past. Confronted with excessive ranges of air pollution in Yamuna, in Jan 2023, the Nationwide Inexperienced Tribunal had arrange a high-level committee underneath LG to supervise rejuvenation of the river.
Because the panel went about its job, Kejriwal voiced his assist and supplied help. Nevertheless, Delhi authorities subsequently challenged the NGT order within the SC, with senior advocate A M Singhvi arguing {that a} area professional ought to lead the panel. The keep has remained in place for over two years now.
Throughout a gathering with Kejriwal after the SC ruling, Saxena is learnt to have instructed the AAP chief that he would face the curse of Yamuna.
Delhi authorities’s change in stance within the SC was attributed by the paperwork to Kejriwal’s worry that credit score for the venture wouldn’t accrue to AAP if it was executed underneath LG. In 2015, Kejriwal had promised to scrub the Yamuna inside 5 years however did not provoke concrete measures.
His failure to make good on the pledge grew to become a significant situation within the ballot marketing campaign. BJP mocked him for this, reminding the voters that Yamuna’s waters would flip so clear by 2025 that he would fortunately take a dip. The pitch performed to migrants from Bihar, Jharkhand and UP who go to the Yamuna banks in lakhs throughout Chhath competition. Put up-poll analyses present that giant sections of Poorvanchalis voted for BJP, breaking away from AAP which they’d backed within the final two meeting polls.
It additionally grew to become the image of the bigger worsening air pollution disaster.
With the difficulty going towards him, Kejriwal blamed Haryana authorities for “poisoning” the river, drawing opposed reactions from the neighbouring state in addition to BJP.
Quickly after the election verdict on Saturday, PM Narendra Modi hit out at APP for not respecting the beliefs of individuals, in what was seen as a reference to Chhath Puja the place devotees are required to face in a water physique to supply ‘arghya’ to the Solar god.
“The beliefs of the folks of Delhi had been crushed underneath the toes of those folks (AAP) after which they blatantly accused Haryana,” the PM mentioned as he vowed to scrub and beautify the river. He completed his speech by repeatedly chanting “Yamuna Maiya Ki Jai”.