On Monday, Union Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan who holds the portfolios of Ministry of Science & Technology (India), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Ministry of Earth Sciences, faced flak on Twitter for backing the SC decision to ban sale of firecrackers during Diwali in the Delhi-NCR region.
He wrote on Twitter: “Welcome decision by the SC on ban of firecrakers sales in NCR. Comes as a huge support for my #GreenDiwali initiative for our environment
However, his comments didn’t go down well with many attacking him on Twitter with many attacking him.
On the other hand, another Delhi BJP spokesman Tajinder Singh Bagga ssaid he would distribute firecrackers among the children living in the slums in the Hari Nagar Assembly constituency on Diwali, which would be celebrated on October 19 this year.
"I have a plan to buy firecrackers worth Rs 50,000 and give them to the children living in the slums of Hari Nagar, so that they can celebrate Diwali," he said.
"It will not be a violation or defamation of the Supreme Court order, because the court has only banned the sale of firecrackers. It has not put a ban on buying or bursting them," Bagga added.
