On Tuesday, the Election Commission asked Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal to provide evidence for his claim that the BJP-led Haryana government poisoned the Yamuna water supply to Delhi. The poll panel issued a notice requiring Kejriwal to submit "evidentiary support" for his statement by 8 pm on Wednesday.

"The matter is being examined by the Commission in the light of provisions of MCC and relevant provisions of law. Therefore, you are called upon to furnish your response to the complaints (Annexure 1 and 2), especially on the factual and legal matrix, along with evidentiary support thereof by 20.00 hours on 29th January 2025 so as to enable the Commission to examine the matter and take action as appropriate," EC stated.

Kejriwal, the former Delhi chief minister, had alleged on Monday that the BJP government in Haryana poisoned the water of the Yamuna, which was being supplied to Delhi. He further claimed that if the Delhi Jal Board had not intervened to stop the water from entering the city, it could have led to a mass genocide.

Both the BJP and Congress filed formal complaints against Kejriwal over his remarks.

"The Commission also perused the report of Delhi Jal Board which does not mention any poisoning in Yamuna. Consequently, there is no mention in the report that engineers of Delhi Jal Board have stopped the poisoned waters at the Delhi border itself before it could poison Yamuna. The Commission is also in receipt of a joint letter from Chief Minister Delhi and Chief Minister Punjab alleging a deliberate act of water terrorism by this sudden and sharp increase in the Ammonia content in the water being released by Haryana into Yamuna, which is alleged to have rendered the water untreatable," the Election Commission’s panel notice conveyed.

The panel requested Arvind Kejriwal to provide evidence supporting his claims.

"As regards the allegations of Poisoning, it is expected that there must be a factual foundation to the allegations, especially when the veracity of the statements made by you is contested, then you must be able to back your statements on a factual basis," the EC further stated.

Today, Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah accused Kejriwal of falsely claiming that the Haryana government had contaminated the Yamuna with poison. He challenged the AAP leader to release the DJB report that Kejriwal referred to when making this accusation.

"Kejriwal ji, winning and losing are part of the election process. Making an innocent face, you accused the Haryana government of mixing poison (in the Yamuna) and tried to scare the people of Delhi. Politics cannot get dirtier than this," reported the news agency PTI. "Ask the chief minister (Atishi) as well where the (DJB) report is and what poison was mixed," he further said.