New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, who has been aggressively raking up issues of utmost concern to people these days, took to Twitter on Monday to express his concerns over rising air pollution in Delhi.
Taking inspiration from an old hit Bollywood number, the Gandhi scion also questioned the inaction and failure of the concerned authorities to address the issue.
सीने में जलन, आँखों में तूफ़ान सा क्यों है
इस शहर में हर शख़्स परेशान सा क्यों है?
क्या बताएँगे साहेब, सब जानकर अंजान क्यों हैं? https://t.co/XZLqsWD0CO
— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) November 13, 2017
The reactions from Rahul Gandhi came on a day when the National Green Tribunal (NGT) slammed the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government in Delhi for failing to file a review petition on its highly popular odd-even plan to curb air pollution.
However, AAP leader Gopal Rai, later addressing a press briefing, informed that the Delhi government will soon file a review petition in this regard.
The air quality in Delhi had further deteriorated on Sunday after a sharp rise in pollutant levels.
Both PM 2.5 and PM 10 levels, measured at 480 and 712 micrograms per cubic metre, respectively, were back at the "emergency" threshold of the Graded Response Action Plan.
On Saturday, the NGT had given a go-ahead to the odd-even scheme from November 13-17.
The Green Tribunal also directed that odd-even should be implemented "right away" without waiting for 48 hours, in case PM2.5 and PM10 go beyond 400 and 700 units respectively.
Interestingly, the Congress vice president had on Sunday asserted that his party will sweep the Gujarat state polls in December, as a "tsunami is coming and the (ruling) BJP is scared of it".
He even exhorted his party leader and workers not to speak low of the Office of Prime Minister even while criticising the government.
He said the electoral battle between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress was a "battle of truth versus lies", but asked his party to exercise restraint even while criticising the government's policies and not get personal.
"(Prime Minister Narendra) Modi may say anything about us, but we will not indulge in any loose talks about him and maintain the decorum of the office of Prime Minister, " he said.
Gandhi was apparently referring to some Congress leaders, who during the election campaign had termed Modi as "feku (one who makes baseless claims)" or "gappabaaz (a big liar)".
In the fourth leg of his three-day pitched region-wise campaigns, Gandhi exhorted the people to demonstrate their anger through votes.
Rahul Gandhi had in the recent past attacked the Prime Minister and the BJP government at the Centre over notes ban and the GST, which he said have ''ruined the economy''.
