A deadly water contamination crisis in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore has sparked a fierce political storm, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accusing the BJP-led administration of allowing “poison” to be supplied to households, even as at least ten people, including a five-month-old infant, have died in a diarrhoea outbreak linked to contaminated drinking water.
“In Indore, not water but poison was distributed, and the administration remained in deep sleep,” Rahul Gandhi wrote on X, alleging grave negligence despite repeated complaints from residents about foul-smelling and dirty water.
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RAHUL GANDHI QUESTIONS ACCOUNTABILITY
The Congress MP questioned how sewage entered drinking water pipelines and why supply was not stopped in time, asking when action would be taken against those responsible. “These are not free questions. This is a demand for accountability. Clean water is not a favour, it is a right to life,” he said, holding the BJP’s “double engine” government responsible for what he called the killing of tha
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