The BJP on Monday hit out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over his remarks that India's first smog tower had been inaugurated on Monday.
Accusing Kejriwal of lying, the saffron party said the first smog tower was inaugurated by Gautam Gambhir, its MP from Delhi in 2020.
Kejriwal inaugurated the "country's first smog tower" at Connaught Place in Delhi, one of the most polluted cities in the world, on Monday and said it will prove to be a path-breaking milestone and many such structures can be installed in the capital if the pilot project yields results.
The smog tower has 40 fans and 5,000 filters developed by experts at the University of Minnesota which also helped design a 100-metre-high smog tower in Xian, China.
According to reports, the experimental tower in northern China has brought a noticeable improvement in air quality.
Gambhir installed a giant air purifier in the Krishna Nagar market area of his East Delhi constituency, the third such purifier he set up to tackle air pollution in the city.
The first two of these air purifiers were installed in Lajpat Nagar and Gandhi Nagar markets.
While supporters of both parties took pot shots at each other on the social media, an AAP supporter pointed out that the BJP MP has installed air purifiers and not a smog tower. The user called the air purifiers a Rs five lakh toy.