AAP, BJP Clash Over Chhath Puja Preparations and Yamuna Pollution in Delhi

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New Delhi: With Chhath Puja around the corner, political tensions have erupted in Delhi as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) trade charges over preparations at the Yamuna ghats. The dispute intensified ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned participation in the festival at Vasudev Ghat in north Delhi on October 28.

The AAP has accused the BJP-led administration of setting up an “artificial Yamuna” by constructing a temporary pool filled with filtered water for the Prime Minister’s ceremonial dip. AAP leaders argued that while the Prime Minister would perform rituals in clean wate

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