Delhi yamuna river dispute: The Yamuna River Delhi Assembly Elections, which covered 52 km and passing through 15 assembly constituencies, was a big issue in 2025. In the Delhi Assembly elections, issues related to the Yamuna river played an important role, gave a new shape to the sentiments of voters and defeated the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and put the Bharatiya Janata Party in power.
One of the main reasons for this major change in Delhi is the reaction of the Haryanvi origin voters, who considered the AAP statement on the pollution of Yamuna to be an insult to their home state. The BJP won 48 seats in the results for the 70 -member Delhi Assembly, in the results on Saturday. The party fielded 14 candidates of Haryanvi origin and 12 of them won. At the same time, there were 10 such candidates of AAP, but only four won.
When we look at the figures, Haryanvi voters appeared angry with the Aam Aadmi Party. In 13 assembly constituencies with more than ten percent Jat voters, BJP has won 11 seats, which is a big upset over 2020. BJP won nine out of 11 seats bordering Haryana.
Arvind Kejriwal had promised before the 2020 Delhi assembly elections that he would clean Yamuna. Every year, when a thick layer of foam is settled in the river, especially when people worshiped on the ghats on Chhath festival, the AAP government remembered its unfinished promise. Union Minister and former Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said, “When he (Kejriwal) failed to clean the Yamuna, he said that its water is being poisoned in Haryana. This statement has found him very expensive. Had he not made such a statement, his party would have won 5-7 seats more. ”Manohar Lal Khattar said on Sunday,
More than 40 percent of Delhi residents are from Haryana. This statement of Kejriwal has insulted the people of Haryana and Delhi. ”
In 2020, AAP dominated the areas of Yamuna and won 13 out of 15 seats, but this time BJP won 9 of them. The total seats of AAP decreased from 62 to 22. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday after the BJP’s victory in the Delhi Assembly elections, “I took a pledge during the election campaign that we will make Yamunaji identity of Delhi … no matter how much time it takes, no matter how much energy it takes. , But if the resolution is strong, then Yamunaji’s blessings will always be with us. ”
