BJP celebrates when pollution increases in Delhi, says AAP

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday slammed the opposition for violating the pollution control norms in Delhi. Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh stated that when on one hand, the AAP-led Government has brought down the pollution level of Delhi by 25%, on the other hand, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar cancelled three meetings with the North Indian state governments on the issue of pollution.

Singh said, "When pollution increases in Delhi the BJP celebrates and their slogan is 'Pradushan Badao'. It's unfortunate that when the AAP Government arranged a four day laser show to encourage people not to burn crackers in Diwali, the BJP encouraged people to burn crackers in Diwali. When AAP government brought odd-even, then BJP leaders drove cars violating the pollution control norms of the AAP Government."

He also said that while the Delhi government is considering extension of the odd-even scheme, there is an absence of will power from the side of central government to implement the directions given by the Supreme Court regarding stubble burning in the states of Punjab and Haryana.