Delhi pollution affecting Mahatma Gandhi too? MLAs put protective mask on statue

Manjinder Singh Sirsa and Kapil Mishra said the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi collected Rs 787 crore of environment cess but spent only Rs 93 lakh out of it.

Two Delhi MLAs tied a protective mask on Thursday on a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, registering their protest against the Delhi government’s “non-utilisation” of environment fund to combat air pollution.

MLAs Kapil Misra and Manjinder Singh Sirsa put anti-pollution masks on the statues of Mahatma Gandhi and his followers at Gyarah Murti in New Delhi on Thursday. (PTI)

Manjinder Singh Sirsa and Kapil Mishra, before being stopped and detained by police, managed to put on one mask on the statue of Gandhi and another on that of a woman at the Gyarah Murti sculpture near Mother Teresa Crescent on Sardar Patel Marg.

The legislators were later released by police.

Sirsa, a SAD-BJP MLA, said it was “shocking” that the Arvind Kejriwal government collected Rs 787 crore of environment cess but spent only Rs 93 lakh out of it.

“People of Delhi are suffering from a serious crisis due to air pollution but chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is busy in his dramatics and running away from every responsibility,” Sirsa said.

Kapil Mishra is a suspended MLA of the Aam Aadmi Party.