The minister additionally confirmed movies, presupposed to be of stubble burning in Punjab, at a press convention to again his declare.
“The farmers in Punjab are being pressured to burn stubble within the fields by the AAP authorities. The best variety of parali burning incidents occurred in AAP-ruled Punjab on Diwali night time,” Sirsa mentioned.
He claimed that whereas AAP leaders “condemned the Delhi CM, the BJP and Sanatan Dharm followers over celebration of Diwali and bursting of crackers,” the true cause behind worsening air high quality was stubble burning in Punjab.
Sirsa mentioned the Air High quality Index (AQI) in Delhi was 341 earlier than Diwali, and it rose to 356 afterwards, up by simply 11 factors.
“We admit with satisfaction that our authorities has given individuals an opportunity to rejoice Diwali in our conventional means. Resulting from firecrackers, there may be solely a rise of 11 factors in AQI after Diwali,” he mentioned. The minister additionally alleged that the AAP was “enjoying spiritual politics.” “Will the AAP problem the sacrifice of goats on Eid by our Muslim group? I problem Arvind Kejriwal to not play spiritual politics. You combat with us, however don't make faith part of it,” the BJP chief mentioned.
Earlier within the day, Delhi residents woke as much as a thick haze, as air high quality plummeted to the ‘crimson zone' after an evening of heavy cracker-bursting.
Final week, the Supreme Courtroom briefly allowed the sale and use of inexperienced firecrackers, proscribing it to 2 hours – from 6 am to 7 am and eight pm to 10 pm – on October 19 and 20.
