The Wire Wrap | Delhi's Green Diwali Goes Up in Smoke, Spotlight on Nitish as INDIA Names Tejashwi

With the Supreme Court permitting ‘green’ firecrackers and citizens bursting fireworks of all kinds well beyond permitted time limits on Diwali (October 20), the air quality in the capital city recorded the highest pollution levels in five years even as chief minister Rekha Gupta claimed that pollution levels had dipped.

Meanwhile, in poll-bound Bihar, the opposition Mahagathbandhan has named Tejashwi Yadav as its chief ministerial face, raising questions on why the ruling NDA has not yet declared Nitish Kumar as its pick.

In other news, globally renowned scholar of Hindi and professor emerita at SOAS, London University, Francesca Orsini, was stopped from entering India even though she has a valid 5 year e-visa.

To discuss this on The Wire Wrap podcast, The Wire's Sravasti Dasgupta is joined by Ajoy Ashirwad, political affairs editor, The Wire, and Radhika Bordia, independent journalist.

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