Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann hit out at the Opposition, saying they were using floods for politics. He said people would never forgive such “opportunist leaders.”
Mann told the Assembly that the session was called to plan relief and rehabilitation. But instead of helping, the Opposition only blamed the government. He said floods were a natural calamity, not manmade, as claimed by rival parties.
The CM highlighted that his government cleaned 3,825 km of drains in three years. The previous regime managed only 2,066 km. He also said Punjab had asked the Centre many times to desilt Bhakra and Pong dams, which had not been cleaned in 70 years.
Mann accused the Centre of ignoring Punjab’s problems. He recalled that after the Dinanagar terror attack, Punjab was even asked to pay for Army deployment.
He also slammed the IMD for poor forecasts. On one day, rainfall was 1,961% higher than predicted.
Mann appealed to Punjabis to unite and rebuild the state. He asked the Opposition to stop misleading people on the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF).
