‘One day of crackers causes pollution?’: Yogi takes swipe, says corruption pollutes whole system

UP CM Yogi Adityanath defended Diwali celebrations and fireworks, responding to criticism over pollution caused by firecrackers. Taking a swipe at those raising pollution concerns, he said pollution could be mitigated, while accusing people who engaged in corruption of polluting the entire system. Yogi also said his government had imposed no restrictions on fireworks and that he joined the celebrations in Ayodhya. In his address, Yogi targeted the Samajwadi Party over the law-and-order situation before 2017, claiming that UP witnessed 1,500 riots during its four terms in power.