Rai stops work at BJP office, DPCC told to slap ₹5L fine

New Delhi: Environment minister Gopal Rai held a surprise inspection of the BJP office at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg and allegedly found construction work going on despite a city-wide ban since last week. The minister directed Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to halt the work and slap a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on L&T, the construction company.

Later, Rai launched an attack on BJP alleging that its ideology favoured rising air pollution as the party gave support to bursting of firecrackers and didn’t help the Punjab government provide a cash incentive to farmers for not burning stubble.

Reacting to Rai’s inspection, BJP said his allegations about construction taking place at the party office were fabricated and politically motivated with the sole agenda of “news-making”.