The Supreme Court<\/a> remarked Tuesday the change of government in Delhi might ‘solve all disputes’ surrounding the Yamuna<\/a>, including cleaning the river of pollutants and ensuring neighbouring Haryana, through which the rivers flows into the national capital, gives a fair supply of the water.<\/p>\n The top court had, in January 2021, taken suo moto cognisance of these issues and has been passing orders periodically since. In this particular instance, the court’s amicus curiae <\/em>(a ‘friend of the court’), Meenakshi Arora, was speaking about the dispute between the Delhi and Haryana governments.<\/p>\n “… but now, with the change of government, all disputes might get resolved. In these changed circumstances, better implementation may be possible,” Justice BR Gavai responded.<\/p>\n The comment came during a hearing on pollution in, and sharing of, water from the Yamuna, which flows through two states – Haryana and Uttar Pradesh – before reaching Delhi.<\/p>\n Previously, only the Haryana and UP governments were controlled by the Bharatiya Janata Party. But now – after a thumping win over the Aam Aadmi Party – all three states have a BJP administration.<\/p>\n The BJP’s Delhi win was built on a two-pronged strategy, one of which targeted AAP boss and ex-Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for failing to clean the Yamuna<\/a>, a vow he made before the 2020 election.<\/p>\n The BJP also ripped into Mr Kejriwal over allegations its Haryana government mixed “poison” in the Yamuna water – referring to dangerously high ammonia levels – supplied to Delhi.<\/p>\n READ |\u00a0<\/strong>Row Over Kejriwal’s “Haryana Mixing Poison In Yamuna Water” Claim<\/a><\/p>\n Mr Kejriwal’s claim drew a fierce response from Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Saini, who made a show of drinking Yamuna water<\/a>, and the Election Commission, which rapped him on the knuckles<\/a>.<\/p>\n It also drew an attack from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who called Mr Kejriwal’s claims “disgusting” and claimed he had been drinking water from the Yamuna for 11 years.<\/p>\n READ |\u00a0<\/strong>“Can Haryana BJP Poison Water PM Drinks?” PM Modi Blasts AAP<\/a><\/p>\n The political battle over the polluted river – which BJP leaders, beginning with Mr Modi, hailed as ‘Yamuna maiya<\/em>‘, or ‘Mother Yamuna’ before and after the election – was a major flashpoint.<\/p>\n In his victory speech after the election, Mr Modi began and finished the phrase ‘Yamuna ki jai<\/em>” and declared, “People of Delhi have been crying after seeing the condition of Yamuna…<\/a>“<\/p>\n The BJP has promised to clean up the Yamuna now that it is in power.<\/p>\n