Bajwa visits flood-hit areas, flays AAP govt

Leader of Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa today lambasted the AAP dispensation and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for their government’s “complete failure to provide relief and announce compensation to thousands of families devastated by the floods”.

Bajwa visited his home assembly seat of Qadian and other areas of Gurdaspur and Dinanagar. He was accompanied by Gurdaspur MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, ex-Gurdaspur Congress president Ashok Chaudhury, Dinanagar MLA Aruna Chaudhury and MLA Barindermeet Singh Pahra.

He met farmers and shopkeepers who had suffered huge losses in the floods.

A livid Bajwa said, “The farmers of Punjab are staring at devastation. Fields remain submerged, homes are destroyed, and no relief has reached the people. The CM came here yesterday only for a photo-op. The reality is that his government is far removed from ground reality.”

Bajwa reminded people that the AAP government had boasted of spending Rs 230 crore on flood-prevention measures and desilting rivers, yet villages are still inundated.

“If even after such tall claims, families are left hungry and homeless, then the CM must answer where that money went. Relief announcements in press conferences mean nothing unless they translate into real aid on the ground,” he added.