Police use water canon on people protesting against water shortage in Delhi, netizens point out irony
Delhi water crisis
Delhi Police on Saturday (Jun 22) used water cannon to disperse the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers who were protesting against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government - a show of striking irony as the main cause of demonstrations is an ongoing shortage of water in the Indian capital.
Delhi Water Minister Atishi began her indefinite hunger strike in south Delhi's Bhogal on Friday to get more water from Haryana. Atishi has claimed Haryana has released 100 MGD less water in Yamuna for Delhi in the last two weeks, affecting 28 lakh people in the city.
Notably, Delhi is dependent on drinking water supply from Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal and several other AAP leaders were also present there. Sunita Kejriwal read out a message from the chief minister, who is currently lodged in Tihar jail, in which he expressed hope that Atishi's 'tapasya' would be successful.
The chief minister further said that he was immensely pained by seeing on TV the plight of the people facing water shortage amid the ongoing intense heatwave.
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BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri led a protest at the Jal Board filling pump in Okhla where police used water cannon on protesters, news agency PTI reportedsharing a video.
Watch the video here:
Netizens were quick to highlight the irony as one user used a confused emoji and wrote, "Delhi police is using Water Canon on people who are protesting against the Shortage supply of Water in Delhi."
"Instead, the water tank could have been given to the protesters. They might have thanked the police for the water," another user wrote.
"Happens only in India! Use a water cannon to muzzle a protest against water crisis," another user wrote.
Meanwhile, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Saturday held the AAP government responsible for the prevailing water crisis in the city.
In his statement on the water crisis, Saxena said that the "shrill discourse" of the Delhi ministers over the last few weeks has been distressing and questionable at various levels.
"Political leaders of Delhi have turned a crisis into an opportunity for blaming the neighbouring states with the sole aim of gaining political mileage. This polemical exercise has ended up compounding the problems of Delhi people and antagonizing the neighbouring states grappling with water scarcity," he added.
(With inputs from agencies)