New Delhi, May 6 -- Delhi Minister Parvesh Verma on Tuesday accused the Aam Aadmi Party Chief Arvind Kejriwal and the Punjab government of deliberately reducing the water supply to the national capital as an act of revenge following their electoral defeat in Delhi.

Speaking to the media, Verma, citing daily shortfalls from Haryana, claimed that Delhi has been receiving significantly less water over the past week, calling it a "conspiracy" against the people of Delhi.

"Delhi has been receiving less water for the last week because the Punjab government, former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, and AAP are avenging the people of Delhi for their loss in the Delhi elections. We used to receive 980 cusecs of water daily from Haryana. But on May 1, we...