Slamming the Aam Aadmi Party government over the increased air pollution in the national capital, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) IT cell head Amit Malviya on Friday said “Kejriwal’s criminal neglect is killing” as Delhi “chokes.”
The BJP leader hit out at Delhi Services Minister and AAP leader Atishi over her statement that “There is no official data available that can tell which source leads to what amount of pollution,” hence “no policy can be drafted to reduce this pollution.”
Reacting to this, Malviya said that the AAP in 2020 claimed that stubble burning in Punjab was causing air pollution in Delhi.
“As Delhi chokes, here is AAP in 2020: Stubble-burning in Punjab is causing air pollution in Delhi. Strictest action should be taken against Punjab CM. And 2023: We have no official data; we don’t know what causes air pollution in Delhi. Kejriwal’s criminal neglect is killing,” Malviya posted on X (formerly Twitter).
Earlier on Wednesday, AAP leader Atishi said, “There is no official data available that can tell which source leads to what amount of pollution. The problem is that no policy can be drafted to reduce this pollution when the government doesn’t know the amount of contribution from a particular pollution source.”
The second phase of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) was implemented in Delhi to reduce the effect of increased pollution.
