New Delhi (PTI): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday escalated its attack on the BJP government over the Yamuna's pollution levels ahead of Chhath puja, with the party's Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bharadwaj challenging Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to drink water from the river to prove her claims that it had been cleaned.

There was no immediate response available from the Delhi government over the accusation.

Addressing a press conference, Bharadwaj said, "Yamuna Ji's water contains sewage, and this has been confirmed by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) report under the BJP government. Millions of people from the Purvanchal community will be victims of the lies and deceit of BJP leaders and CM Rekha Gupta."

People from Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand living in Delhi

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