Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal is facing flak for his allegations on the BJP-led government in Haryana of mixing poison in the water of the river Yamuna and thus contaminating Delhi’s water supply. Following his allegations, the Haryana government on Wednesday decided to lodge an FIR against him. Haryana Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Vipul Goel said that an FIR has been filed against Kejriwal for creating panic among the people of Delhi.
“An FIR has been sent to be registered under sections 2(d) and 54 of the Disaster Management Act for spreading misinformation and creating panic among the people of Delhi and Haryana”, Goel said.
“He should be ashamed of himself for making such irresponsible statements…The Cabinet Ministers and Prime Minister of the country also drink the same water… The people of Delhi will expel him from politics in the coming days”, he added.
Kejriwal lost mental balance, should apologise, says Haryana CM, drinks water from Yamuna
Responding to Kejriwal’s allegation, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said that Kejriwal lost his mental balance and asked him to apologise. “Kejriwal has lost his mental balance seeing his possible defeat in the elections. He should seek an apology from the public of Delhi and Haryana immediately or we will file a defamation suit against him. Kejriwal has insulted the land where he was born”, Saini said.
“Kejriwal said the engineers of Delhi Jal Board stopped the (Yamuna) water from coming to Delhi because they came to know that there is a poison in the water. How the engineers reached the conclusion that it has poison. Kejriwal should tell which and how much poison was put into it and if the water was poisonous, how many fish died. The people of Haryana consider Yamuna a holy river and worship it. Why would they mix poison in its water,” Saini questioned.
हरियाणा के सीएम नायब सिंह सैनी ने पिया यमुना का पानी @NayabSainiBJP #HaryanaCM | Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini pic.twitter.com/iZWExkXTbY
— News24 (@news24tvchannel) January 29, 2025
To counter Kejriwal’s allegations, CM Saini drank Yamuna water at Pallav ghat, the point where Yamuna enters Delhi.
EC asks Kejriwal to prove his allegation
Acting on the complaint filed by the BJP against Arvind Kejriwal, the Election Commission of India (ECI) issued a notice to Kejriwal on Tuesday asking him to produce evidence supporting his allegation that the BJP government in Haryana has poisoned Yamuna water. The ECI directed Kejriwal to submit his response to the complaints by 8 pm on 29th January. “The matter is being examined by the Commission in the light of provisions of MCC (model code of conduct) and relevant provisions of law., ” read the ECI notice.
PM Modi slams Kejriwal,
Lashing out at Kejriwal during a public rally on Wednesday, Prime Minister Modi said that Yamuna water is consumed by everyone including himself. “Yamuna water is consumed by judges, diplomats as well as the poor. How can one think that Haryana will poison it to kill Modi”, the PM asked.
“A former Chief Minister of Delhi has levelled disgusting allegations at the people of Haryana. Due to fear of losing, people from AAP-da have got rattled. Are the people of Haryana different from those in Delhi? Are relatives of those living in Haryana not residing in Delhi? Can the people of Haryana poison the water their own people drink,” PM said.
Kejriwal draws an analogy with the US nuclear attack on Japan
The former Delhi CM shared a video of himself on X in which he is levelling some serious allegations against the BJP-led Haryana government. He accused the Haryana government of ‘playing dirty politics’ by attempting to commit mass genocide in Delhi by poisoning Delhi’s water supply.
इतनी गंदी राजनीति देश ने आज तक नहीं देखी थी। अगर दिल्ली की जनता BJP को वोट नहीं दे रही, तो क्या दिल्ली की जनता को ज़हर मिला पानी पिलाकर मार दोगे?
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) January 27, 2025
हरियाणा से आने वाले पानी में वहाँ की बीजेपी सरकार ज़हर मिलाकर भेज रही है।
मैं दिल्ली की जनता से कहना चाहता हूँ कि जब तक केजरीवाल… pic.twitter.com/FPkEUEVYSm
“The people of Delhi get water to drink from Haryana and UP. In Yamuna water flows into Delhi from Haryana. BJP’s Haryana government has poisoned the water in Yamuna. However, the Delhi Jal Board were vigilant enough to stop that water from coming to Delhi otherwise – that would have caused mass genocide in Delhi. The BJP government has mixed such kind of poison in the water that cannot be treated even by the water treatment plants”, Kejriwal alleged. He went on the compare this with the nuclear attack by the US on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
The BJP govt has mixed such kind of poison in the water that cannot be treated even by the water treatment plants. It has caused water scarcity in one-third of Delhi. Such politics is done by two enemy countries – like the USA bombed Japan with nuclear bombs. A few countries use biological weapons to poison river water. But, the same has been done by the BJP govt, ” Kejriwal said.
