Is BJP being unfairly blamed for Congress-created disaster? The big question while 'Ganga' dries up
Ganga's pain runs deeper than headlines. As the river of faith is bleeding, BJP and Congress trade blame. The river doesn't care who's in power, it just wants to live. In this explosive interview, Congress MP Ujjwal Raman Singh holds nothing back as he calls out BJP's decades-long neglect of Allahabad. From broken promises to damning silence on Ganga, in the race for power, did BJP ignore the lifeline of Prayagraj? Or did Congress set up Ganga's slow death decades ago? Watch brutally honest and emotionally charged 'The Interview' with Hindustan Times' Kumkum Chadha.
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