New Delhi: AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday accused Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar of doing politics by sending him a notice over his claim that the Haryana government was "mixing poison" in the Yamuna.
Addressing a press conference here, Kejriwal alleged that Kumar had "destroyed" the credibility of the Election Commission (EC) and was eyeing a post-retirement position. He also accused the BJP and Congress leaders of playing with the lives of Delhiites and challenged them to drink ammonia contaminated water.
Kejriwal said AAP MP Sanjay Singh will go to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, Haryana CM Nayab Saini and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi with bottle of 7PPM water. "If they think this water is not poisonous, they should try drinking it," he said.
The former chief minister's remarks came shortly after the EC expressed dissatisfaction with his reply to its notice and gave him a fresh opportunity to explain his charges against the Haryana government.
"No one has damaged the Election Commission the way Rajiv Kumar has done. If he wants, he can contest elections from any of the Delhi Assembly seats," Kejriwal said at the press conference. "I will not let the people of Delhi drink poisonous water till I am alive. I know they will arrest me in two days but I am not afraid," he said without naming anyone.
He alleged that Haryana CM could not even take a sip after going to Palla but he wants people of Delhi to drink this poisonous water. "Sainiji had told yesterday that he would drink water in front of everybody after going to Palla. But he got trapped in his own drama. He took a sip of water but threw it away," Kejriwal said.
On Wednesday, Kejriwal responded to the EC notice, saying that raw water received from Haryana in the recent past had been "highly contaminated and extremely poisonous" for human health.
If such "toxic water" is allowed to be consumed by people, it would lead to grave health hazard and fatality, he said in his 14-page reply to the EC.
The EC, in its letter on Thursday, said that Kejriwal's reply was "entirely silent" on the core issue and demanded further clarification by 11 am on January 31, failing which appropriate action would be taken.
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