India, May 7 -- Delhi's water minister Parvesh Verma on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government, accusing it of engineering a "conspiracy" to choke the Capital's water supply in retaliation for AAP's defeat in the February assembly polls. "They are punishing the people of Delhi for voting them out," Verma alleged, claiming the city's water share had been steadily slashed over five consecutive days - from 88 cusecs on May 1 to 130 cusecs by May 5 - amounting to a total shortfall of 463 cusecs.

"It's a deliberate act - dirty politics over water. The Punjab government is using water as a weapon against Delhi residents," Verma said at a press conference.

According to Verma, the supply from the B...