Arvind Kejriwal Faces Legal Action? Haryana Plans Case Over ‘Yamuna Poisoned’ Claim

Arvind Kejriwal Faces Legal Action: Haryana state's minister Vipul Goel stated on Wednesday that the Haryana government is going to file a case against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal for his comment that "poisoning" was taking place in the Yamuna River.

The case will be filed under the Disaster Management Act at the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Court in Sonipat.

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"Kejriwal has made an irresponsible statement spreading panic among the people of Delhi and Haryana. Haryana government is going to get a case registered against him before CJM Court in Sonipat under the Disaster Management Act's Sections 2 (D) and 54," Goel told reporters. The cited sections come into play when the spread of false alarm may lead to public panic.

Meanwhile, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini took a sip of water from the Yamuna River amid allegations in Delhi's Palla Village.

Goel criticised Kejriwal’s claim, saying, "What kind of water we give them (to Delhi), all our officers have checked the water being supplied."

Hitting out at Kejriwal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that the AAP-da folks were desperate with the fear of losing the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections. "A former CM has made malicious allegations against the people of Haryana. 'AAP-da' people have become desperate due to the fear of defeat," Modi said at a public meeting in Delhi’s Kartar Nagar.

"Is Haryana different from Delhi? Don't they have children and relatives in Delhi? Will they mix poison for their own people?" he asked.

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Rebuffing Kejriwal's accusations, Chief Minister Saini termed them a political stunt, meant to persuade voters ahead of the Delhi elections scheduled for February 5. He assured that the Haryana government was committed to providing Delhi clean and uninterrupted water.

Previously, the AAP had accused the BJP-led Haryana government of deliberately discharging industrial wastewater into the Yamuna. Kejriwal claimed, "BJP people in Haryana are mixing poison in the water and sending it to Delhi. If people in Delhi drink this water, many will die. Can anything be more disgusting than this?"

He further alleged that many regions in Delhi had been deprived of water because of contamination that was so severe it could not be treated at water plants. Delhi's chief minister, Atishi, also blamed the BJP for "deliberately interrupting" water flow in Delhi, claiming that the BJP was resorting to such practices because it was afraid of a "historic loss" in the elections.

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