NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal hit out at the Election Commission of India (ECI) calling the CEC Rajiv Kumar's response over the Yamuna River water row "baffling". Reiterating his "Yamuna poisoning" charges over the BJP-led Haryana government, he dared the poll panel to take action and impose punishment against Nayab Singh Saini. 'Rajiv Kumar's response baffling', says Kejriwal Levelling up his attack, he called the chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar's "baffling" response has eroded his faith in the Election Commission.
His response came after a meeting with the poll panel which was scheduled for 11 am today. Kejriwal's letter to poll panel The former Delhi chief minister wrote a letter to the Election Commission and raised serious allegations against Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini. He demanded that a criminal case should be filed against Saini regarding the 'poisonous' Yamuna issue.
Kejriwal also claimed that the water being supplied from Haryana to Delhi has high levels of ammonia. AAP national convenor alleged that the ammonia levels started increasing very sharply from 15 Jan onwards (around 3.2 ppm on 15 Jan) and reached 7 ppm a few days later.
Kejriwal alleged that Delhi CM Atishi contacted Saini to resolve the crises, but despite several attempts, the issues remained unresolved. "The chief minister of Delhi called up the chief minister of Haryana in the last week of December and requested him to either take steps to reduce ammonia.