India, Dec. 16 -- As the air quality index in Delhi continues to worsen, the residents of the capital are speaking up. During Argentine footballer Lionel Messi's event at Arun Jaitley stadium, Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta was met with chants of 'AQI, AQI',

A viral video showed a section of the crowd chanting 'AQI', 'AQI'. The unexpected greeting for CM Gupta comes amid the rising levels of air pollution in Delhi.

The chants also come amid a sharp drop in visibility and haze-obscured skyline in Delhi as the capital stays in the 'severe' zone for the third consecutive day.

The video, which also went viral on social media was shared by the opposition parties in Delhi. Both the Aam Aadmi Party and Congress worked to share the video as ...