Delhi Pollution Sparks AAP-BJP War As Punjab CM Slams Farm Fire Claims

A political row has erupted between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party over Delhi's deteriorating air quality and stubble burning. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann hit back at Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, rejecting claims that farm fires in Punjab are causing Delhi's pollution crisis. Mann alleged that allegations are being made even before the harvest to defame Punjab and hide Delhi's failures. This follows Sirsa's claims alleging that Punjab Police personnel facilitated farm fires, which the Aam Aadmi Party refuted by asserting that police were actually extinguishing the blazes.