State minister Vipul Goyal said that the Haryana government will file a case against former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over his “Yamuna poisoning” charge on Wednesday.
New Delhi: State minister Vipul Goyal said on Wednesday that the Haryana government will file a case against former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over his remarks alleging the BJP government in Haryana has “poisoned” the Yamuna water.
“Kejriwal has created panic among the people of Haryana and Delhi. Arvind Kejriwal has made an irresponsible statement. There is no truth in these allegations. The Haryana government will not let him go scot-free,” Mr Goyal said.
Officials said the state government has forwarded the complaint, and a case will be filed in the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court (CJM) in Sonipat under the Disaster Management section.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief made an explosive claim Monday, saying the BJP government in Haryana mixes “poison” in the Yamuna water it supplies to Delhi. The reference was to the high ammonia levels over 700 times the permissible limit.
“The people of Delhi get drinking water from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. But the Haryana government has mixed poison in the water coming to Delhi from the Yamuna and sent it here. It is only due to the vigilance of our Delhi Jal Board engineers that this water was stopped,” Mr Kejriwal said.
Other AAP leaders picked up on and repeated this charge, including Chief Minister Atishi, who slammed the BJP for “water terrorism” and wrote to the Election Commission and Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena. In her letter, she demanded action by the poll body against the BJP.
