As the Air Quality Index (AQI) turned to severe in Delhi-NCR, the BJP on Thursday intensified its attack the Arvind Kejriwal whose AAP is in power in Delhi and Punjab, over stubble burning, which is considered one of the reasons for the bad AQI.
BJP IT-cell head Amit Malviya also hit out at Kejriwal by sharing an old video of the Delhi Chief Minister on stubble burning. In the video, Kejriwal can be seen saying the bio-composing solution developed by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute at Pusa and referred to as the “Pusa Decomposer” has proved to be a success in addressing the problem of stubble burning.
He also urged other states like Punjab and Haryana to implement it and hoped that “this is the last year when we have to suffer from (air) pollution”. In a series of tweets, Malviya said, “ When will Mann give a timeline to Kejriwal? Farm fires in Punjab have shot up by 33%. Sangrur has seen 139% jump. Center’s 492 crore to Punjab remains unutilised, over 11,000 machines have gone missing. Haryana, at the same time, reduced fires by 33%. What is Kejriwal’s excuse?
In another tweet, the BJP leader said that Kejriwal had all the solutions to fight pollution when his party was not in power in Punjab. “Why hasn’t he done even 1 per cent of what he was preaching from the pulpit?”