BJP DUBS IT AS 'POLITICAL DRAMA' - Water crisis: Atishi begins fast

Delhi Water minister Atishi on Friday sat on an indefinite hunger strike here demanding the release of more Yamuna water for the city from Haryana while Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in a message from Tihar jail, hoped her penance would be successful.

Sunita Kejriwal, who along with a number of AAP leaders were present as Atishi began her fast, read out the chief minister's message in which he expressed immense pain upon watching on television the plight of the people suffering from water scarcity.

Earlier in the day, Atishi along with Sunita Kejriwal and AAP leaders, including Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh and Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj, visited Rajghat to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi before the launch of her 'Jal Satyagrah' at Bhogal.

In his message, the chief minister said, "It's our culture to provide water to the thirsty. Delhi gets water from neighbouring states. We hoped for the support of the neighbouring states in such intense heat. But, Haryana reduced Delhi's share water." "Although there are governments of different parties in the two states, is this time for politics over water?" he posed.