New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday charged the BJP of staging a “fake Yamuna ghat with filtered water” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, just for cameras and votes, while ordinary devotees are still being pushed into the dirty, foaming Yamuna during Chhath Puja.

The BJP said nothing is fake, and claims it is actually the first party in Delhi in years to give Purvanchali devotees clean and usable ghats.

So who’s fooling whom?

Let us take a look at what AAP is alleging, what BJP is selling, and how Chhath is actually done in Delhi and NCR. The answer is uncomfortable for AAP.

The line sounds explosive in a press conference, but on the ground, it risks sounding like AAP is attacking something Purvanchali families themselves consider normal and respectful.

Let’s go step by ste

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