Served notice for raising my voice, welcome any illegal punishment with open arms: AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal

The Election Commission met Kejriwal connected Friday morning. An EC root said the Commission gave a diligent proceeding to Kejriwal to substantiate his allegations that Haryana was poisoning the Yamuna h2o proviso for Delhi, threatening a “genocide”. The root added that the Commission met Kejriwal arsenic a peculiar case, arsenic it does not usually conscionable the leaders it has sought a effect from connected a MCC matter.

Speaking to reporters earlier gathering the CEC, helium said, “Atishi and Bhagwant Mann wrote a missive to the EC raising the contented and asking them to measurement in. EC did not instrumentality immoderate action… Instead, I was served with a announcement for raising my voice. I prevented a h2o situation from happening successful Delhi… Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini has committed a transgression by sending poisonous h2o to Delhi and trying to make an artificial h2o situation successful Delhi. An FIR should beryllium registered against him… If the EC does not instrumentality the election, this determination volition beryllium to beryllium catastrophic, particularly during elections…”

On Thursday, Kejriwal had accused Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar of “engaging successful politics” for “a occupation post-retirement” – helium is owed to discontinue connected February 18.

On Thursday, the EC had written to Kejriwal, saying his allegation that BJP-ruled Haryana had poisoned Delhi’s h2o proviso from the Yamuna stream was prima facie “promoting disharmony and enmity betwixt antithetic groups”. The canvass sheet asked him to taxable grounds to enactment his allegation by 11 americium Friday.

In his effect connected Friday, Kejriwal wrote: “I categorically and explicitly again convey that the alleged connection was made successful nonstop notation to the unprecedented and dangerously precocious levels of ammonia contamination successful the earthy h2o being supplied to Delhi from Haryana. Any different inference of my connection is incorrect.”

Responding to the EC’s circumstantial questions, helium wrote:

“In truthful acold arsenic your circumstantial questions are concerned, the aforesaid are answered arsenic follows:

Nature of poison recovered mixed:- Ammonia
• Supporting Evidence:- Statement of CEO, DJB dated 27.01.2025…
• Location:- As per the connection of CEO, DJB dated 27.01.2025
• Detection by which officer:- CEO, DJB and different officers of DJB.
• Methodology:- Same tin beryllium confirmed from the CEO, DJB and different officers of D J B

Calling the EC’s “refusal” to nonstop Haryana to halt polluting Delhi’s waters “baffling, Kejriwal wrote: “The CEC, with its wide enactment of omission and negligence of corrupt practices by the BJP, looks acceptable to tarnish this representation of India globally… Unfortunately, I can’t beryllium expected to beryllium soundless connected this and tow this enactment retired of fearfulness oregon expectations of favour. My lone interest is the wellness and information of the radical of Delhi and I volition combat for the extortion of our antiauthoritarian principles. Whatever amerciable punishment you whitethorn privation to enforce connected maine nether the acquisition of the BJP is simply a tiny terms to wage for it, and I invited it with unfastened arms.”