Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led by senior leader Gopal Rai staged a protest outside the Punjab Bhawan and Haryana Bhawan on Thursday over the increase in pollution in Delhi due to stubble burning in the neighbouring states.
Addressing the gathering Rai said it is a 'Satyagraha' against pollution as the air quality of Delhi suddenly became "severe" due to the stubble burning and this also proves that stubble burning is a major factor of increasing pollution.
"The Delhi government appealed to the Centre and the neighbouring states to provide facilities to the farmers to stop burning stubble. But neither the central government nor the governments of neighbouring states took any step in this regard," he claimed.
Rai also said that as part of the protest, women's cell of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will try to meet Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday.
"All the members of the women's cell will give flowers to Home Minister Amit Shah and request him that the central government must intervene and take some strict steps as soon as possible so that the incidents of stubble burning in the neighbouring states stop," Rai said.
Rai and other party members were seen wearing masks outside the two state bhawans to mark their protest.