New Delhi, Oct. 20 -- Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra on Tuesday defended the burning of a 30-foot cockroach effigy in Delhi during Ravana Dahan celebrations on Dussehra and said the "political termites" of the country are in pain over the same.

The remarks come after Delhi AAP president Saurabh Bharadwaj said he has filed a complaint with Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu and the Delhi Police Commissioner against the organisers of the Shri Keshav Ramlila Committee (NSP, Pitampura), including its president and BJP MLA Ashok Goel, and Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra over the planned burning of a cockroach effigy alongside Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Meghnad on Dussehra.

Speaking to reporters, Mishra said, "The effigy being burnt is tha...