Chandigarh, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday rejected the Delhi government's charge that his state was not supplying the national capital's share of water, saying his government was providing water to the city more than the stipulated quantity.

The BJP leader asked the AAP government to focus on proper management and distribution of resources.

Asked about the AAP government's allegations, Saini said, "(Arvind) Kejriwal is misleading people. He had raised this issue earlier also. He wants to hide his shortcomings.,

“We are giving more water than the stipulated quantity to Delhi,” Saini told reporters in Karnal.

On exit polls predicting Prime Minister Modi to retain power for the third consecutive time, Saini said, 'We have been saying from the beginning that NDA will win 400 seats.'

On exit poll estimates that the BJP will not win all 10 seats in Haryana like in 2019, Saini said, “When the results come, you will see that the lotus (BJP's election symbol) is blooming on all the 11 seats (10 Lok Sabha) . Plus Karnal Assembly by-election seat)."

Taking aim at Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal, Saini said, "He did not focus on development but on corruption.I want to say that they (AAP) should not try to divert public attention by saying that Haryana is not releasing share (of water) and should focus on development and providing facilities to the people".

"If people in Delhi are inconvenienced, Haryana also suffers. But Kejriwal paid more attention to corruption and did not focus on providing facilities to the people."

“Instead of talking here and there, they should ensure proper management and distribution of water to Delhiites.,

Notably, Delhi is facing acute water shortage, with the AAP government recently accusing Haryana of not releasing the national capital's share of water.

The BJP has blamed the AAP government for the water crisis and claimed that Haryana is supplying 1,049 cusecs of water from Yamuna to the city, which is more than the stipulated quantity.

On Friday, several Haryana ministers hit out at the Kejriwal government, blaming its "mismanagement" for Delhi's water crisis and saying it has become a habit of the AAP government to blame Haryana on every issue.

A few days ago, in a letter to Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Delhi Water Minister Atishi had said that during the last few days, there has been a huge decline in the water level in the Wazirabad Barrage as Haryana is not releasing the required amount of water. Yamuna.

The Delhi government also moved the Supreme Court on Friday seeking direction to Haryana to immediately release surplus water provided by Himachal Pradesh to the parched national capital to ease the water crisis arising from the scorching heat.Last month, Atishi had alleged that the neighboring state had cut off water supply to the national capital as part of a "new conspiracy" by the BJP ahead of the city voting on May 25, following which Saini accused the AAP of "lying". Was accused.