India, Dec. 18 -- A day after being "requested with folded hands" to not spike pollution, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the Centre and in Delhi over deteriorating pollution in the capital, alleging that the city never saw such pollution levels during the previous AAP government.

Kejriwal's comments come a day after Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa accused AAP of deliberately burning waste to increase pollution levels and requested the AAP chief of not indulging in "dirty politics".

The AAP leader also hit out at the Rekha Gupta-led government in Delhi saying that the AQI in Delhi was alarmingly high despite no stubble burning in Punjab. The AAP chief...