Haryana files FIR against Arvind Kejriwal for claims about Yamuna water poisoning
The Aam Aadmi Party chief should be ashamed of himself for making such irresponsible statements, said state minister Vipul Goel.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Haryana on Tuesday said it has filed a first information report against Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal for his claims that it was poisoning water from the Yamuna river being supplied to Delhi, The Indian Express reported.
The case was filed in the Sonipat Chief Judicial Magistrate Court under the Disaster Management Act, said state Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Vipul Goel.
Earlier in the day, Goel said that the process to register an FIR under Sections 2(d) and 54 of the Disaster Management Act for spreading misinformation and creating panic among the residents of Delhi and Haryana against Kejriwal had been initiated, ANI reported.
While Section 2(d) of the Act defines what constitutes a disaster, Section 54 makes punishable the act of circulating false disaster warnings or alarms that cause panic.
“He [Kejriwal] should be ashamed of himself for making such irresponsible statements,” Goel had said. “The Cabinet ministers and the prime minister of the country also drink the same water.”
On Monday, Kejriwal shared a video on social media of Delhi Chief Minister Atishi alleging a conspiracy by the BJP to poison the drinking water in Delhi. “All of us Delhiites together will fail this conspiracy of BJP,” Kejriwal said.
The BJP denied the Aam Aadmi Party chief’s allegations...
