"The Speaker will look into this matter and check whether the allegations being made by BJP MP Anurag Thakur are true or not," Anwar told reporters, underlining that the issue falls squarely within the Speaker's jurisdiction.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) MP stressed that Delhi residents "feel as if they are breathing poisonous air every day" and criticised the lack of debate on the issue despite the BJP being in power, noting that it was once a key point of attack against the Aam Aadmi Party.
Hailing the speech of the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, over the matter of air pollution, Congress MP Jebi Mather on Friday said that such an issue needs to be discussed at length in the Parliament as the national capital has turned into a "gas chamber".
Congress MP Deepender Hooda on Friday said that the Centre has not allocated sufficient funds to deal with the problem of air pollution, adding that Parliament must hold a debate over this matter next week.
Congress MP KC Venugopal on Friday expressed grief over the demise of late Congress leader and former Union Minister Shivraj Patil, citing that he was one of the most successful Home Ministers of the country. He died at his residence in Latur at the age of 90 years.
Congress MP Rajiv Shukla on Thursday strongly criticised Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks made during his address in Parliament on electoral reforms, alleging that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) remains fixated on the Nehru-Gandhi family even after more than a decade in power.