t Virendra Sachdeva took a dip within the Yamuna river on Thursday.
New Delhi:
Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva was admitted to the RML Nursing Dwelling on Saturday with complaints of itching and respiratory difficulties, two days after he took a dip within the heavily-polluted Yamuna to spotlight the alleged failure of the AAP authorities to wash the river.
On Thursday, Mr Sachdeva took a dip within the Yamuna on the Chhath Ghat and slammed former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his “failure” to fulfil his promise to wash the river by 2025.
After taking the dip, Mr Sachdeva confronted pores and skin rashes and slight discomfort in respiratory for which he was examined on the RML Hospital the place the docs prescribed him medicines for 3 days.
Nonetheless, on Saturday morning, the BJP chief was admitted to the RML Nursing Dwelling after he complained of itching and breathlessness.
He does not have any previous historical past of comparable issues, Delhi BJP media cell mentioned in a press release.
Wishing Mr Sachdeva a speedy restoration, senior AAP chief and Delhi Setting Minister Gopal Rai mentioned that BJP leaders ought to now realise that their “theatrics” won’t clear the river.
On Thursday, Mr Sachdeva “apologised” to Yamuna for the AAP authorities’s “failure” in cleansing its water, promising to kind a separate authority for its rejuvenation if the BJP wins the Meeting elections scheduled in Delhi subsequent yr.
The politics over Yamuna intensified in Delhi after a layer of poisonous froth appeared on the river floor as a result of heavy contents of pollution, resulting in a squabble between the ruling AAP and the opposition BJP.
The disagreement has develop into much more intense in view of the upcoming Chhath competition that’s extensively celebrated in Delhi-NCR by the Purvanchali folks.
Earlier than the imposition of a ban, a lot of girls used to assemble alongside the banks of Yamuna throughout Chhath to worship the Solar god in knee-deep waters of the river.
The AAP leaders have been claiming that the poisonous froth in Yamuna at Kalindikunj has been attributable to the discharge of tens of millions of gallons of untreated industrial wastewater into the river from drains in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, each BJP-ruled states.
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