Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Tuesday cited data from 2020 to claim that Diwali is not responsible for the Delhi AQI today, which has plunged into the ‘severe’ category in key areas.

Addressing a press conference, he blamed the erstwhile Arvind Kejriwal government, which had banned firecrackers in Delhi on Diwali.

Sirsa claimed that Diwali is not to be blamed for the Delhi AQI dipping, and accused the opposition of trying to please “some section”.

“Let me tell you that those who are blaming Diwali for this, it is a lie. This is being done only to please some section. The admirers of Aurangzeb and Akbar are saying this; those who had put Tipu Sultan's photo in the Vidhan Sabha are saying this,” he said.

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