India, Oct. 22 -- A political slugfest erupted over Delhi's deteriorating air quality post-Diwali, with the Opposition AAP slamming the city Government and the ruling BJP blaming stubble burning in Punjab, ruled by the Arvind Kejriwal-led party, for the mess.
AAP's Delhi unit president Saurabh Bharadwaj sought to know from the Rekha Gupta-led BJP Government in Delhi why it did not take steps to induce artificial rain to bring the situation under control.
Hitting back, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, in a statement, accused AAP leaders, including Bharadwaj, of indulging in "appeasement politics to secure their minority vote bank" by pinning the blame of nose-diving air quality on Diwali and firecracker bursting. "That is why they co...