Congress leader Rashid Alvi on Monday criticised the government over rising pollution in Delhi NCR after GRAP-2 was invoked, saying authorities are prioritising votes over controlling pollution and are using religion as a weapon.

Speaking to ANI, Alvi said, “The pollution will increase after today because the government has no interest in controlling the pollution. The government is interested in getting votes. That is why it uses religion as a weapon…”

Meanwhile, amid the festive fervour gripping the National Capital Region (NCR) and the whole country, and amid the “Poor” air quality in Delhi, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has imposed Stage 2 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) with immediate effect.

Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) has remained in the ‘poor’ ca

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