“Bollywood toolkit to defame Diwali? Varun Dhawan, Neha Sharma and others share an old post to blame Diwali for pollution in Mumbai and Delhi”, Opindia, November 14, 2023:
“On 14th November, several actors and actresses from Bollywood shared an old post on NDTV to propagate a conspiracy blaming Diwali for poor air quality in Delhi and Mumbai. In a post on 8th November, NDTV shared images of Delhi and Mumbai side-by-side with the caption, “AirQuality in Delhi dipped to ‘Severe’ on Wednesday. Mumbai pollution has also worsened, joining Delhi among the world’s most polluted cities last weekend.”
The actors and actresses, including Varun Dhawan, Fahmaan Khan, Neha Sharma, and Jiya Shankar, shared the story on 14th November, blaming Diwali for the poor AQI. X user Befitting Facts spotted the Instagram stories.
Neha Sharma, who has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Punjabi films, was among the first who shared the post. In her story, she wrote, “Happy Diwali and now we can’t even breathe…” She failed to comprehend that Diwali was not on 7th November but on 12th November, and the images were from 8th November and not 13th November……”
Read the full article at Opindia.com
