Yamuna poison row: Kejriwal reaches EC office, alleges poll body ‘shooting the messenger’

New Delhi, Jan 31: AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal reached the Election Commission’s office here on Friday to furnish his reply to the poll body over its notice to him on his “poison mixed” in Yamuna water remark.

Kejriwal was accompanied by Delhi Chief Minister Atishi and her Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann.

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.

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

Kejriwal said that it was a political conspiracy to force half of Delhi to thirst because of “poisonous” water having high ammonia to defame the AAP during the Delhi Assembly elections.

“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,” the AAP chief said.

The former Delhi chief minister said that he has not sought an appointment with the Election Commission (EC), but he is going there.

Kejriwal on Thursday accused the EC and its chief election commissioner of indulging in politics over his statement and claimed that Yamuna water supplied from Haryana to Delhi has high levels of ammonia content.

The EC served him two notices seeking reply over his allegation that the BJP government mixed “poison” in Yamuna water for Delhi attempting a “genocide” in the city.

On Friday, Kejriwal said that he saved Delhi from an artificial water crisis to influence the polls but the EC served him notices.

Kejriwal, who is contesting the Delhi polls from the New Delhi seat, was asked to share details of engineers, location and methodology of detecting the “poison” by the Delhi Jal Board staff by Friday 11 am failing which the Commission will be free to take appropriate decisions in the matter. (PTI)

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