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As rains lash Gurgaon, political leaders fight a different battle

Take to Twitter to blame each other for infrastructure collapse in Gurgaon

Gurgaon, Rains

Thousands of cars stuck in traffic due to waterlogging. Photo: Twitter

BS Web Team Mumbai
As rains lashed Gurgaon and normal life came to a standstill, political leaders of the region, fought a different kind of battle. 

Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi were involved in blame game on micro-blogging site Twitter. 

Khattar’s chopper was not able to take off from Chandigarh to inspect the flood-hit areas due to bad weather. 

Khattar, on his part, tweeted to Kejriwal, blaming him for the situation and lack of cooperation.  
 
The Delhi CM, in his response, retweeted a number of tweets, blaming the Centre for the lack of infrastructure. 

Meanwhile, Gandhi sent out a message on the ‘awful ordeal’ that commuters have to go through. 

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First Published: Jul 29 2016 | 1:13 PM IST

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