Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa has accused former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of appeasement politics, alleging that he “deliberately banned firecrackers in Delhi to garner the votes of a particular community, to appease them”.

Addressing a press conference, Sirsa hit out at AAP over its allegations that BJP government was under pressure from cracker manufacturers.

“They (AAP) are deliberately bringing Diwali, Sanatana Dharma, and Hinduism into the picture… Arvind Kejriwal first deliberately banned firecrackers in Delhi to garner the votes of a particular community, to appease them. Since this morning, Arvind Kejriwal’s entire team has been constantly cursing Diwali… Sanjay Singh and his colleagues have been tweeting since last night, asking to stop celebrating

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