AAP will have to take responsibility of Delhi air pollution: Gautam Gambhir
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IBNS): Slamming the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which presently rules Delhi, India's senior cricketer Gautam Gambhir has said the political outfit will have to take the responsibility of air pollution in the national capital.
Expressing concern over air pollution in an interview with The Quint, Gambhir said: "..Obviously me being a Delhi boy, it is my responsibility to talk about it (poor air pollution)...... I am not a politician. I am neither anti-AAP nor pro-BJP or pro-Congress. So the party which is in power will have to take the responsibility.
"Unfortunately the kind of condition which we are going through and the kind of air quality which is there in Delhi, obviously Aam Aadmi Party has to take the responsibility."
Keeping air pollution in the national capital in mind, the Supreme Court in October ruled that firecrackers will be allowed to burn only in designated areas of Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR).
Moreover, firecrackers nationwide can be burnt only between 8 pm and 10 pm in Diwali this year.
Few days ago, reports emerged stating that Gambhir, who of late expresses his opinion on various social issues, might contest 2019 Lok Sabha elections as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate.
According to The Sunday Guardian, the BJP is likely to replace its Member of Parliament (MP) Meenakshi Lekhi with the southpaw, who is a resident of Delhi. Lekhi is a sitting MP from New Delhi constituency.
A senior BJP leader told The Sunday Guardian, "Reports from the ground about Meenakshi Lekhi are not good. People from her constituency are not happy with her work and the party leadership has decided that she will not be repeated this time as a candidate from New Delhi.
"Gautam Gambhir, in most likelihood, will be the party’s candidate from the same seat. He has wide acceptability and is known for his social work. He is a Delhiite and will do his best for the people of Delhi.”
The report also claimed the BJP might also rope in former Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, which will be held in few months' time.
Gambhir and Dhoni might even become the star-campaigner for the BJP in the whole country in 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Gambhir, who is missing from the national side for quite some time now, is presently busy in playing domestic cricket.
Image: facebook.com/GautamGambhir
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