New Delhi, Nov. 9 -- Congress leader Mumtaz Patel, voicing grave concern over the deteriorating air quality across northern India, urged political parties and citizens to rise above partisan politics and avoid framing the environmental crisis through a religious prism, emphasising that toxic air affects everyone equally.

Speaking on the worsening air pollution, the Congress leader highlighted that severe air pollution is no longer confined to the national capital alone but has engulfed several other urban centres.

"It is not just Delhi, but many cities where all of us are breathing toxic air. And this toxic air does not discriminate based on religion or the homes we live in. It affects the health of all of us. I just want to make an app...