As Delhi battles choking smog, the capital’s pollution crisis has once again sparked a fierce political face-off. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the BJP of “changing excuses every year” while Delhi’s air turns increasingly poisonous, prompting an instant rebuttal from Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa.

In a sharp post targeting the ruling party, Gandhi said, “Year after year, Delhi’s air is turning more poisonous, yet BJP governments keep changing their excuses. Now that the BJP rules both at the Centre and in Delhi, there can be no more excuses. People want clean air, not just promises.”

Reacting instantly, Sirsa fired back, blaming both the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the pollution mess in the national capital.

“15 years of Congress government and 10 years of AAP government are responsible for the pollution situation in Delhi. In the last ten years, the cleanest air quality has been recorded this year, under the BJP government,” Sirsa said.