LUCKNOW, Aug. 13 -- While offering to resign, Jal Shakti minister Swatantra Dev Singh on Tuesday dared Samajwadi Party MLA Mohd Faheem Irfan to prove that his village was not getting water supply.

Replying to a question during Question Hour on the second day of the Monsoon session in UP assembly, Singh said: "I would ask Mohd Faheem Irfan to swear by his wife that his village is not getting water supply. I guarantee that I will resign. I know his village is Ibrahimpur and the pradhan's name is Sajid. He may be called to ask about the water supply right away."

Singh was replying in the House to a question over the Jal Jeevan Mission by SP MLAs Irfan and Brajesh Katheriya.

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