{"id":328356,"date":"2020-11-05T08:46:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T08:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=328356"},"modified":"2020-11-05T08:46:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T08:46:07","slug":"arvind-kejriwal-urges-delhiites-to-avoid-bursting-crackers-on-diwali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/arvind-kejriwal-urges-delhiites-to-avoid-bursting-crackers-on-diwali\/","title":{"rendered":"Arvind Kejriwal urges Delhiites to avoid bursting crackers on Diwali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-328359 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kejriwal-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"659\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/11\/kejriwal-2.jpg 659w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/11\/kejriwal-2-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/>As the\u00a0COVID-19\u00a0situation is worsening in the National Capital due to rising air pollution, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday urged the people of Delhi to avoid bursting firecrackers this Diwali.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Addressing an online press briefing, Kejriwal said he along with his cabinet ministers will perform &#8216;Lakshmi Puja&#8217; at 7.39 pm on November 14 and urged the people to join them from their homes by watching it on TV.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Kejriwal said, \u201cif we burst crackers, we are playing with the lives of our families.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cPlease don&#8217;t burst crackers this time. On November 14, 7.39 pm onwards, all 2 crores Delhi citizens will perform Laxmi Puja together. I along with the ministers will begin \u2018Laxmi Puja\u2019 which will be telecast live on TV,\u201d Arvind Kejriwal said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI believe performing puja will create a positive atmosphere in Delhi and it will be good for people,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Kejriwal said that at present, Delhi has been facing two issues &#8211; the COVID-19 pandemic and the rising air pollution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He said that the AAP government is making all efforts to deal with the situation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the\u00a0COVID-19\u00a0situation is worsening in the National Capital due to rising air pollution, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday urged the people of Delhi to avoid bursting firecrackers this Diwali. Addressing an online press briefing, Kejriwal said he along with his cabinet ministers will perform &#8216;Lakshmi Puja&#8217; at 7.39 pm on November 14 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":328359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1961,2009,2014],"tags":[306,429],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328356"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328356"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328360,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328356\/revisions\/328360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/328359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}