New Delhi: The Opposition on Thursday staged a protest at the Makar Dwar on the Parliament premises, criticising the Centre for what it described as inadequate measures to address the escalating air pollution crisis across central and northern India.

The MPs were seen wearing oxygen masks and holding a banner aimed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Enjoy the weather remark”, made at the start of the Winter Session.

Amid chants demanding a discussion on air pollution in Parliament, Congress President and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi joined the demonstration outside the Parliament building.

Speaking to reporters, Sonia Gandhi said, “We want the government to act on this (air pollution). Small childre

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