New Delhi, Nov. 11 -- As the national capital continues to reel under hazardous air pollution levels, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi President Saurabh Bharadwaj on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the BJP government, accusing it of manipulating Air Quality Index (AQI) readings and failing to protect citizens' health.

Speaking on the deteriorating air quality, Bharadwaj alleged that the authorities had deliberately shut down AQI monitoring stations to conceal the true extent of pollution.

"After the government stooped so low that they had shut down the AQI monitoring stations due to the fear that the AQI levels may go to hazardous levels, they are continuously sprinkling water just on the top of the AQI monitoring stations," he said to AN...