New Delhi: As the city woke up to thick smog after Monday’s Diwali celebrations and residents struggled to breathe, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Malviya and Aam Aadmi Party’s Delhi chief Saurabh Bhardwaj exchanged heated words, trading blame over the city’s worsening air quality.

On Tuesday, Saurabh Bhardwaj attacked the Delhi government for failing to control pollution after the bursting of firecrackers pushed the city’s air quality index (AQI) to danger levels, standing at 359, as of 10 am. Bhardwaj questioned the BJP as to why the “promised artificial rain was not conducted”.

In an ANI interview, accusing the government of lying and “colluding” with private hospitals, the Delhi AAP president said, “The government promised artificial rain to reduce pollution after Diwali. Di

See Full Page