New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah slammed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) boss Arvind Kejriwal over the "unfulfilled promise" of cleaning up the Delhi stretch of River Yamuna to make it look like London's famous River Thames.

The attack comes ahead of the Delhi assembly election, which is scheduled to take place less than two weeks away.

During his campaigning, Shah aimed for one of the weakest points of the national capital - pollution, both air and water.

"He [Mr Kejriwal] promised he would purify River Yamuna in seven years and modify it just like London's River Thames," he said at a rally.

"He even said he would take a dip in the Yamuna in front of Delhiites. Arvind Kejriwal, the people of Delhi are waiting for your world-famous dip in the Yamuna. If not in Yamuna, he can go to the Mahakumbh and take a dip over there to get rid of his sins," Shah said.

Shah claimed that the BJP would clean the Yamuna in three years if it is voted to power in Delhi.

Shah alleged the AAP chief also broke his promise of accepting a government bungalow and accused him of spending Rs. 51 crore to build a 50,000 square-foot "Sheesh Mahal".

"... Kejriwal runs a government in Delhi that makes promises, doesn't fulfil them, and then presents false faces to the public. In my political life, I have never seen anyone who lies so clearly," Shah said.

Several projects to clean the Yamuna are behind schedule, a Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) report said in October 2023.

The report submitted to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) drew attention to delays in projects undertaken by the Delhi Jal Board and the Delhi Development Authority to reduce pollution in the river.