Arvind Kejriwal: In the midst of Delhi assembly elections, Arvind Kejriwal has raised an issue which has created a ruckus. Kejriwal alleged that the BJP government there is mixing poison in the water of Yamuna coming from Haryana to Delhi. Now Kejriwal is badly trapped by this claim.
On the one hand, legal action has started against them, on the other hand the Election Commission is not satisfied with the reply of the former Chief Minister. The Election Commission has given Arvind Kejriwal another chance to respond with evidence. The Election Commission has asked him 5 questions. They have been asked to reply till 11 am on January 31.
Arvind Kejriwal accused the BJP government of Haryana
Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday claimed that the BJP government of Haryana has added poison to the Yamuna water. If this water had not stopped by the engineers of Delhi Jal Board, then there would have been a massacre in Delhi. After the BJP’s complaint, the Election Commission sought an answer from Kejriwal. After his reply, the Election Commission has once again asked him a question.
Election Commission’s response to Kejriwal’s answers
After reading Kejriwal’s reply, the Election Commission has said, ‘Do not mix the issue of rising level of ammonia in Yamuna with allegations of poisoning the river. You have not presented facts and evidence with your answer. You have tried to justify your statement with the increasing amount of ammonia in Yamuna. The Commission said that prima facie its allegations are based on creating enmity and chaos between groups.
5 questions were asked giving more opportunity than Kejriwal
The Election Commission has said, ‘There is no need to tell a person with a person like you and the former Chief Minister the ill effects of such statements. So you are being given another chance to ask 5 questions from them, including…
1. Which poison was added by the Haryana government to the Yamuna river?
2. Provide evidence about the amount of poison, nature and method of discovery so that it could be established that there could have been a massacre
3. Where was the poison found?
4. Where and how did the engineers of Delhi Jal Board discovery?
5. What method did engineers adopt to prevent water from entering Delhi?
What was Kejriwal’s answer?
Arvind Kejriwal, in his reply, said that his comments were made in the context of the ‘immediate public health crisis’ arising out of the quality of drinking water in the city. In response to 14 pages, he said that the level of ammonia in Haryana’s raw water is so high that Delhi’s water treatment plant is unable to reduce it to a safe and acceptable extent for human consumption.
