New Delhi, Dec. 24 -- Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said he suffers from infections while staying in Delhi for just two days, underlining the NCR's persistent pollution problem.

"I live here for two days, (and) I get allergies because of this pollution. Why?" he asked. Gadkari, who is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Nagpur lives at 2, Motilal Nehru Place, whenever he is in the national capital.

The 68-year-old minister and veteran BJP leader was speaking launch of 'My Idea of Nation First: Redefining Unalloyed Nationalism', at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) in the national capital. The book has been written by journalist and former central information commissioner Uday Mahurkar.

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