A day after Delhi’s much-hyped artificial rain experiment, both trial flights by IIT Kanpur scientists failed to produce rainfall due to low cloud moisture. The BJP-led government says it will attempt cloud seeding again, while the Aam Aadmi Party accuses it of wasting public money amid worsening pollution. Experts say the exercise did show a marginal drop in air quality levels, but Delhi’s pollution remains in the ‘poor’ category. Political sparring intensifies as the capital continues to choke under smog.