The EC, in a letter on Thursday, pointed out that while Kejriwal had provided a reply, it failed to address the critical issue of his statement about the alleged poisoning of the Yamuna river.“The statement, which Kejriwal made during the campaign, equated the act to ‘an act of war between nations’ and claimed that it was timely detected by the engineers of the Delhi Jal Board, who reportedly stopped the poisonous water at the Delhi border,” it said, adding that “no factual or legal evidence had been provided to substantiate the claim” and directed Kejriwal to submit a second, more detailed and pointed reply.The EC asked Kejriwal to clarify the type of poison allegedly mixed by the Haryana government in Yamuna, the supporting evidence regarding the quantity and nature of the poison, the method and location of its detection, and the role of Delhi Jal Board engineers in preventing the “poisonous” water from entering Delhi.The EC reiterated that Kejriwal’s initial response, instead of addressing the factual and legal aspects of the statement, merely attempted to justify it based on the high ammonia content in the river.
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