AAP ensured 209 days of clean air in a year, let BJP take it forward: Gopal Rai
The incumbent environment minister needs to develop a concrete action plan to achieve this.
The incumbent environment minister needs to develop a concrete action plan to achieve this.
Former Delhi Environment minister Gopal Rai, claiming that the previous AAP government, under Arvind Kejriwal’s leadership, ensured clean air for Delhi to 209 days in the last year from 109 in 2016, said on Sunday that the BJP should take it forward.
AAP Delhi convenor Gopal Rai on Friday held a meeting with candidates who contested the Assembly elections, during which it was decided that those who performed well in the recently concluded polls would be given organizational responsibilities.
The ruckus by AAP legislators came ahead of the tabling of 14 CAG reports by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.
Senior AAP leader Gopal Rai announced on Sunday that former chief minister Atishi has been elected leader of the legislative party, and hence will be the leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly.
He emphasized the alarming rise in pollution levels, which have been exacerbated by stubble burning and other factors, with several areas recording very high AQI readings surpassing 400.
Sachdeva claimed it has been established beyond doubt that the two major causes of pollution in Delhi are toxic smoke from stubble burning in Punjab and the dust, debris from Delhi’s broken roads.
Rai further accused the BJP ruled states in the northern region for deliberately working to increase Delhi's pollution.
The decision came during a high-level meeting Rai held with the officials on the implementation of GRAP-III restrictions in the city.
Reacting to AAP leader Amanatullah Khan being granted bail by a Delhi court on Thursday in a money laundering case, Rai said, "One thing is clear with Amanatullah Khan's bail: the truth may be suppressed temporarily, but it cannot be defeated."
