New Delhi: With the capital cloaked in toxic haze a day after Diwali, Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa hit back at AAP criticism and accused former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal of urging farmers to burn stubble in Punjab for worsening pollution in the region.

Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Sirsa claimed the BJP govt in Delhi has started “cleaning up” the “mess wrought by the Kejriwal government”.

“They can’t digest this, so they are causing trouble across the state border in Punjab,” he said, displaying videos on a screen of purported stubble burning. Show Full Article

Sirsa made the statements as Delhi residents were allowed for the first time in years to burst ‘green’ firecrackers on Diwali.

Earlier in the day, Delhi AAP president and former environmen

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