India, Nov. 13 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Delhi has accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of staging the incident after footage of dead fish floating in the Yamuna near Sonia Vihar surfaced on social media. Water Minister Parvesh Verma alleged that the fish had been bought from a market and dumped into the river to damage the government's image. The incident has renewed concerns over pollution in the river.

"Today, I am seeing dirty politics by AAP. They are buying dead fish from the market and putting them in the river and posting videos in an attempt to defame us," Verma said.

The cause of the fish deaths has not been established. Videos circulating on social media showed a large number of dead fish floating on the ...