Poll officer writes to CEO on Kejriwal‘s alleged threat

The returning officer for the upcoming Ludhiana West bypoll, Rupinder Singh, in his reply to the Chief Election Officer (CEO) on the complaint made by an RTI activist here has submitted that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has clarified its stand on the issue.

The AAP representative has replied that the statement of Arvind Kejriwal made during canvassing has been wrongly portrayed to get political mileage. Nowhere in his statement, Kejriwal has threatened voters of the constituency.

Following a notice issued by the CEO on the complaint filed by an RTI activist, Kimti Rawal, the returning officer has submitted a reply.

In his complaint, the RTI activist had complained that during his address to the voters while campaigning for his candidate Sanjeev Arora , Kejriwal, the AAP supremo, had threatened that if the voters did not vote for Arora, the development works in the constituency would be halted.

In his complaint to the CEO, Rawal had written that voting was the right of voters in democracy. And nobody could threat them like Arvind Kejriwal did. Legal action should be taken against those threatening the voters.

Ludhiana