NEW DELHI: The Election Commission is unlikely to press further the matter relating to former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal‘s charge that the Haryana govt had released “poisoned” Yamuna waters to Delhi with the intent to cause “genocide”. A criminal FIR and a court case have been already filed against him in Haryana.
EC had nothing to do with the filing of the two separate cases in Haryana.
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While the FIR was registered against Kejriwal by the Haryana Police, on court orders, at the Shahabad police station in Kurukshetra under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), another case was filed earlier before a Sonipat court on behalf of the Haryana State Disaster Management Authority, seeking Kejriwal’s prosecution under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), the Disaster Management Act and the BNS.
Sources said while EC is of the view that provisions cited in its Jan 29 notice to Kejriwal — BNS Section 196 (statements that promote enmity between groups), Section 197 (imputations prejudicial to national integration), Section 353 (public mischief); Section 123(4) of Representation of the People Act, 1951; and the model code of conduct — were indeed violated by his “poisoning” claim, making him liable to criminal action, there is also unanimity within the commission that with court proceedings and a criminal investigation already underway in Haryana and with the Delhi polls now concluded, it would be best for the poll panel to step aside and let the law take its course.
Indications that EC may not go overboard against Kejriwal – notwithstanding the personal attacks unleashed by him against Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, accusing the latter of angling for a post-retirement job and and even “mortgaging the country” – had come in the commission’s recent posts on X.
