New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday took a veiled dig at former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over his government's failure to fulfil its promise of cleaning the Yamuna River, saying that when BJP leader Parvesh Verma made his cut-out take a dip in the river, it fell sick and had to be admitted to Safdarjung Hospital.

Addressing the inauguration of a Sewage Treatment Plant, Shah said, "The 'AAP-da' government had said that if they come to seek votes for the second time, they will take a dip in the Yamuna. They did not do so. Pravesh Verma made his cut-out take a dip. The cut-out also fell ill and had to be admitted to Safdarjung Hospital. He did not take a dip. The people of Delhi drowned him."

Shah fur...