India, Oct. 21 -- As Delhi faces 'very poor' air quality day after Diwali, Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa shared the Rekha Gupta-led BJP government's plan for artificial rain through cloud seeding to mitigate the air pollution crisis.

While addressing a briefing on Tuesday, Sirsa ruled out an immediate plan for cloud seeding, saying the seeding will only be possible "when there are clouds".

"For those asking us, why are we not getting cloud seeding done. I want to tell these illiterate people, they are burning in vengeance and forget everything. In cloud seeding, the cloud comes first and then comes the seeding," the minister said in the briefing.

"So, when the clouds will come, then there will be seeding. The day the...