THE Election Commission on Thursday asked AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal not to mix the issue of increased ammonia in Yamuna with his allegation of river poisoning, and gave him a fresh opportunity to explain his charges against the Haryana Government. Not satisfied with his reply on Wednesday, theECaskedhimto provide factual evidence with specificandpointedresponseto type, quantity, nature and manner of poisoning of Yamuna. He was also asked to share details of engineers, location and methodology of detecting the “poison” by Delhi Jal Board staff by Friday 11 am, failing which the Commission will be free to take appropriate decision in the matter. Kejriwal had on Wednesday responded to the EC notice over his claim the Haryana Government was “mixing poison” in Yamuna, and said raw water received from the BJPruledState inthe recentpasthas been “highly contaminated and extremelypoisonous”forhuman health. In the 14-page reply to the EC,theformerDelhiCMsaid if such “toxic water” is allowed to be consumed by people, it would lead to grave health hazard and fatality. In its fresh lettertotheAAPleader,thepollbody also highlighted that availability of sufficient and clean water is a governance issue, and that all Governments concerned at all times shouldengageinsecuring this for all the people. 

 

BHARATIYA Janata Party (BJP) chief JPNadda on Thursday said the AAP’s blame game on Yamuna pollution has exposeditsGovernment’sinefficiencyandaskedits supremo ArvindKejriwaltoapologise to the people of Haryana and Delhi for his “poison mixed in Yamuna” remarks. He also tagged in his X post an infographic from @infoindata that said pollution spikes as soon as the Yamuna enters Delhi “AAP-Da’s blame game on Yamuna pollution exposes its inefficiency and failed governance,”Nadda saidinhispost. “Instead of taking responsibility, AAP-Da Govt has started spreading fear among people for political gains,” he added.

 

 

FORMERDelhiChiefMinister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday launchedascathing attack on the Election Commission afterthepollbodyrejectedhis explanationwithregardtohis claimthatYamunawasdeliberately poisoned. TheAAPnationalconvenor accused the Election Commission of doing politics by sending him notice; Kejriwal said that Chief ElectionCommissionerRajiv Kumar ‘wants a job postretirement’. He said, “I want to say ECI, with respect, they (ECI) can’t see money being distributed openly in Delhi. They can not see blankets beingdistributedinthecity.... ECI is doing politics because RajivKumarwantsajobpostretirement.”