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BJP Leaders Distribute Masks At Connaught Place, Slam AAP For Air Pollution

BJP Leaders Distribute Masks At Connaught Place, Slam AAP For Air Pollution
Delhi BJP Chief Virendra Sachdeva said people in Delhi are facing respiratory diseases.
New Delhi: 

Delhi BJP leaders distributed face masks at Connaught Place on Wednesday, slamming the Arvind Kejriwal government over rising air pollution in the city.

Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said the masks were distributed not to create fear among people but to help them avoid pollution in Delhi.

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari claimed that there is a rush of people at the city's hospitals which revealed that the state of pollution in the city was "very bad".

Mr Sachdeva said people in Delhi are facing respiratory diseases. "But the Kejriwal government is running away from its responsibilities," he charged.

The air pollution problem of Delhi is not limited to two months in the winter and it requires work throughout the year to solve it, the Delhi BJP chief said.

"The biggest reason behind air pollution in Delhi is road dust and stubble burning in Punjab, but instead of working on these issues, the government has imposed various types of controls to trouble people without any reason," he said.

Mr Tiwari, who claimed pollution is reducing the lifespan of the people, also targeted Mr Kejriwal.

He said earlier Mr Kejriwal used to blame crop stubble burning in Punjab for air pollution in Delhi. After the AAP formed the government in Punjab, now he is blaming the governments of Haryana and UP, Mr Tiwari said.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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