AAP’s lone Rajya Sabha member from Punjab, Balbir Singh Seechewal, questioned the point of him staying an MP if he cannot get the polluted Buddha Nullah cleaned.

While addressing a gathering at Gyan Anjan Academy in Ludhiana on Thursday during the release of a book on Bhagat Puran Singh, Seechewal said, “If the Buddha Nullha is not cleaned, there is no point in remaining a Rajya Sabha member.”

While Seechewal’s statement is not a formal announcement of resignation from the Rajya Sabha, it, however, does put the spotlight on why a cleanup effort championed by an MP from the ruling party has yet to resolve a persistent source of pollution in Punjab .

The environmentalist’s remark reflects his frustration over a two-year effort to address pollution in a state governed by his own party.…