Kejri, Khattar in war of words

He added that no single person, organisation or government could improve the quality of air.

The Haryana CM’S letter was in response to a November 8 letter by Kejriwal, in which he had sought time from Khattar to discuss stubble burning. Khattar said he was in Delhi for two days, and Kejriwal could meet him at any time, but reminded the Delhi CM that “while Punjab has not spent even a paisa out its alloca- tion of Rs 97.58 crore, Haryana has used Rs 39 crore of the allocation of Rs 45 crore released for crop residue management.”

Kejriwal then wrote on Twitter that he was trying to meet Khattar in Delhi, but the Haryana CM told him that he was busy. “He has asked me to come to Chandigarh on Wednesday. I look forward to meeting him,” Kejriwal said.

When asked about the spat, Khattar told HT: “I am pained at what Kejriwal is doing. No one should do politics over pollution… We should think about long-term measures as this season is already over and this pollution due to stubble burning will go within a day or two.”