New Delhi: AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal has accused Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar of doing politics and ‘destroyed’ the credibility of the Election Commission (EC).
The CEC is eyeing a post-retirement position and hence has sent him a notice over his claim that the Haryana government was “mixing poison” in the Yamuna.
The former Delhi chief minister’s remarks came at a press conference 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.
Kejriwal responded to the EC notice on Wednesday, saying that raw water received from Haryana in the recent past had been “highly contaminated and extremely poisonous” for human health.
In its letter on Thursday, the EC 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.
