Kejriwal Responds to EC on Yamuna Poisoning Remark, Accuses Poll Body of ‘Shooting the Messenger’

Kejriwal Responds to EC: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief Arvind Kejriwal submitted his reply to the Election Commission (EC) on Friday regarding his recent remarks about the contamination of Yamuna water. The EC had earlier issued a notice to Kejriwal, asking him to explain his statement by 11 am on Friday.

Election Commission (EC) directed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal to submit a fresh reply with evidence supporting his claim that the Haryana government was "poisoning" the Yamuna River, the former Delhi chief minister submitted his response on Friday.

Kejriwal expressed shock that the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) had not taken action against the Haryana chief minister for allegedly polluting Delhi’s water supply just before the elections. Instead, he accused the EC of targeting him.

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"Though the Haryana CM assured that he would take necessary steps, however, he did not. Subsequently, the Delhi CM again called him several times. After a few calls, the Haryana CM stopped taking the Delhi CM's calls," Kejriwal said in the letter.

He alleged that Haryana CM Saini did nothing to mitigate the situation and, meanwhile, ammonia levels kept increasing.

‘Shooting the messenger’

Before visiting the Election Commission's office, Kejriwal told reporters that the language of second notice hints that the poll body has already decided their action.

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He alleged that the poll body is "shooting the messenger" by targeting the AAP for raising its voice.

Kejriwal claimed that there was a political conspiracy aimed at forcing half of Delhi to face a water crisis by contaminating the water with "poisonous" ammonia in order to tarnish the AAP's image during the Delhi Assembly elections.

The EC issued two notices to Kejriwal, demanding a response to his claim that the BJP government had intentionally contaminated the Yamuna water, attempting to commit a "genocide" in the city.

“I want to congratulate the people of Delhi that our struggle has been successful and the ammonia level in Yamuna which was 7 ppm since January 26-27 has now come down to 2.1 ppm now," said Kejriwal.

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