Pained by the way AAP leaders mock me: Delhi CM

“Sometimes they would say something to hurt (my) dignity, make cheap comments, level baseless allegations, and go after my words… They would say ‘AQI was uttered as AIQ’,” Gupta said.

She added, “In my speech, I said ‘Congress’ instead of ‘British’, and they started making reels out of it. Anyone can make such verbal slips. While I committed a mistake, the AAP deliberately misled the people of Delhi on so many occasions.”

Speaking during the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the Lieutenant Governor’s address, Gupta said, “Our government believes in delivering, not staging protests.”

Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, meanwhile, attacked the previous AAP government over air pollution, accusing it of inaction despite repeated directions from courts.

He said that Delhi was the world’s most polluted Capital between 2014 and 2024. Referring to the Odd-Even scheme introduced by the AAP government to restrict private car usage on alternate days based on their license plate’s last digit (odd/even) to combat air pollution, Sirsa said the Supreme Court has “already said this was not a solution”.

He added that the current government had prioritised landfill biomining, stricter construction enforcement, road redevelopment and expansion of electric buses to combat pollution.

The CM, meanwhile, said that cleaning the Yamuna is a top priority for her government. “Yamuna rejuvenation is a complex process that cannot be addressed through superficial measures. The government is now repairing old plants and has initiated the tender process for setting up new STPs…,” she said.