Delhi Water Crisis: Amid the ongoing water crisis in the national capital, Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Gopal Rai on Sunday hit out at lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, alleging that the latter had been acting as a spokesperson for the Haryana BJP unit. Gopal Rai's remarks come a day after VK Saxena launched an attack on the AAP-led Delhi government and said that the same blame-game story is repeated by the government year after year.

“I want to tell this to LG because he keeps on forgetting that he is not Haryana LG, but Delhi LG,” Goapl Rai said during the indefinite strike of Delhi minister Atishi over the water crisis in the capital.

"Delhi L-G doesn't care about the plight of people here. It is shameful that Delhi L-G has now become BJP's spokesperson in Haryana," he added, as quoted by news agency PTI.

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Some AAP leaders on Sunday met Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena and they were assured that the matter would be taken up with the Haryana government. Among the leaders who met Saxena were Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj, AAP MP Sanjay Singh and AAP MLA Somnath Bharti.

"The monsoon is expected around June 28. The rains have already started in Shimla and Himachal Pradesh. It is a matter of one week. We have requested him to get Delhi water for this one week," Bhardwaj told the reporters following the meeting, adding that Lieutenant Governor has assured them of talking to the Haryana government regarding the matter.

The national capital continues to witness a water crisis. People in different parts of the national capital can be seen standing in long queues at water tankers to meet their requirements.

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Delhi Water Crisis: Haryana Government Closed Gates Of Barrage That Releases Water, Says Atishi

Delhi Minister Atishi on Sunday said the Haryana government has closed all gates of Hathnikund Barrage that are used to release water for Delhi, and added that she will continue her indefinite hunger strike over it.

She is sitting on an indefinite hunger strike to demand water for Delhi, which is under the grip of a severe water crisis and scorching heat, entered the third day here.