Planting an idea: Delhi Pradesh Mahila Cong holds 'save the tree campaign'

Congress has blamed the "collusion" of BJP-led union government and AAP-led Delhi government for the decision to cut down 14,000 trees for redevelopment of colonies

Planting an idea

The women’s wing of the Delhi unit of the Congress party, the Delhi Pradesh Mahila Congress, has hit upon a novel idea to protest the proposed large-scale felling of trees in the national capital. Its chief, Sharmistha Mukherjee, has started distributing saplings to Delhi’s residents with an appeal that they should do “everything within their influence to protect the trees that are facing imminent danger of axing”. The Congress, which is struggling to make a comeback in Delhi, has blamed the “collusion” of Bharatiya Janata Party-led union government and the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government for the decision