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Delhi smog: Rahul Gandhu uses poetic skills in attacking PM Modi

Delhi smog: Rahul Gandhu uses poetic skills in attacking PM Modi

| @indiablooms | 13 Nov 2017, 08:50 pm

New Delhi, Nov 13 (IBNS): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday displayed his poetic skills as he attacked Narendra Modi over the ongoing smog problem in New Delhi.

Picking up a  couplet from from a song from the 1978 film Gaman to describe the smog situation in the city, Gandhi also used it in questioning the PM over his silence on the issue.

In an indirect attack on the Prime Minister, Gandhi tweeted: "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? (Pain in the chest, storm in the eyes/ why is everybody in the city so troubled. Will the saheb say why he is showing his ignorance despite knowing everything)."

Meanwhile,  the Supreme Court agreed to hear a Public interest litigation (PIL) on Delhi pollution on Monday, media reports said.

The apex court said they can't ignore the air pollution at the national capital.

The air pollution in Delhi has been the burning issue as the air quality index is showing a figure much above the permissible limit.

The Delhi government, late on Saturday, has withdrawn its plan to implement the Odd-Even scheme from Nov 13 to 17, which it had announced to combat the dense smog affecting the National Capital Region, according to media reports.

Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot made the announcement and cited the safety of women as the main reason behind their decision, media reported.

Earlier on Saturday, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) gave the go-ahead to the Delhi Government for implementation of the Odd-Even scheme for vehicles  for five days starting on November 13 in order to check air pollution in the city, reports said.

However, it said that two wheelers, women and government employees will now not be exempted from the scheme, though ambulances will be.

During the hearing, the tribunal questioned the Delhi government as to why it was granting exemptions to certain sections if the aim was to improve air quality.

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