Delhi AAP slams BJP over BIS report on drinking water, says 'don't do dirty politics'

Amid Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) report on drinking water in Delhi, Aam Ami Party on Tuesday, vember 19, slammed Bharatiya Janata Party with a caricature. Taking to microblogging site, AAP posted a caricature on ir official account accusing BJP of doing 'dirty politics'.

In im, we can see a man wearing a saffron kurta holding a saffron lotus with dirt falling from its stem in his hand representing as BJP. re is a woman facing man in a sari stopping man from putting lotus inside bucket. According to picture, BJP is saying that water is t worth drinking whereas woman is seen stopping man and saying 'do t spoil our water to grow your lotus'. Lotus is also a symbol of BJP. im also shows a paper in corner claiming that water in Delhi is better than European standards.

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Earlier, in a statement released by chief spokesperson of Aam Ami Party, Saurabh Bharwaj rejected water quality report released by Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan. "We Challenge BJP's Central government and its Minister Ram Vilas Paswan to pick water samples from Delhi and cities ruled by BJP in our presence and send it for audit to a neutral ncy," said Bharwaj in a statement.

Saurabh Bharwaj furr accused BJP government of doing low-level politics on water quality after y failed to control air pollution. " BJP's Central Government is stooping too low by doing politics on water quality after y failed miserably in controlling air pollution in entire rrn India.

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BIS report

Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan released a report on a test conducted by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) for Food and Consumer Affairs Ministry. It tested 10 samples in each city to see if y met Indian Standard 10500:2012 (Specification for Drinking Water).

While releasing report, Paswan said, "Mumbai tops ranking released by BIS for quality of tap water. Delhi is at bottom, with 11 out of 11 samples failing on 19 parameters. We were getting complaints regarding water from all over country. We asked for some samples of water from Delhi. tap water from Delhi did t meet Indian standards. Later, we asked for water samples from all state hequarters."

ministry, later on, released an official statement on water quality in Delhi which res, "In city of Delhi, all 11 samples drawn did t comply with requirements of Indian Standard. samples failed in several of parameters. All 10 samples drawn from Mumbai were found to comply with requirement."

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