Despite Supreme Court restrictions, Diwali celebrations were a free-for-all. Fireworks burst across Delhi and its satellite cities well past midnight, pushing the AQI to the severe category in parts of the city.

BJP leaders, including the party’s IT cell chief Amit Malviya, had cheered the use of firecrackers. “The sound of loud crackers all around is like music to the ears,” Malviya posted on X on Monday night. On Tuesday, Malviya blamed stubble-burning in AAP-governed Punjab for the depleted AQI.

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited the BJP office on Tuesday morning.

The nearest air monitoring station at ITO pegged the air quality at 347, or in the very poor category. (See day-wise AQI in major cities and towns here on Dataful.)

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