New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- In response to the Election Commission (EC)'s notice over his allegations that the Haryana government was mixing poison in the Yamuna river, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday clarified that Yamuna water remark was in the context of public-health crisis and raw water received from the state recently has been "highly contaminated and extremely poisonous" for human health.

Kejriwal sparked a controversy earlier this week by saying that BJP-ruled Haryana was 'mixing poison' in Delhi water supplied through Yamuna. Both the BJP and the Congress had complained to the EC against Kejriwal for levelling allegations of poisoning of Yamuna river. Acting on their complaint, the poll body had as...