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Parliament Winter Session: Opposition MPs protest Delhi air pollution on Day 4
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and other leaders at a protest during Parliament's Winter session, in New Delhi, Thursday, December 4, 2025. PTI
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Leaders of various Opposition parties on Thursday staged a protest in Parliament complex over the issue of air pollution in the national capital, as the Winter Session of Parliament entered its fourth day.
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi urged the government to take decisive action. Carrying placards, leaders of various parties raised slogans outside the Makar Dwar of Parliament asking the Prime Minister to stop making statements and take action.
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Some of the MPs also wore masks at the protest to highlight the problem of air pollution.
Chandigarh Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari submitted a notice to adjourn all House proceedings to discuss the worsening air pollution crisis. — with PTI
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Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said she has been demanding a discussion and concrete action on the issue which was not political. "Air pollution is not a political issue. The government should take concrete action, we are all with it," she said, adding that people are suffering.
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“It is the government's responsibility to do something as children are dying. Old people like me are also finding it difficult,” Gandhi told reporters after the protest.
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Lok Sabha MP from Chandigarh, Manish Tewari gave a notice to adjourn all proceedings of the House to discuss the growing air pollution challenge. In the Rajya Sabha, Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan gave a similar notice, demanding suspension of business to take up the discussion on pollution as a public health emergency. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india/congress-mp-manish-tewari-moves-adjournment-notice-in-lok-sabha-to-discuss-air-pollution/
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