Floods Bhagwant made, not Bhagwan made, says Harsimrat, seeks spl Assembly session

Referring to Mann’s recent visit to the flood-hit areas, she said, “It is time you put a stop to your publicity jamboree and get down to the brass tacks to save the people reeling from the flood fury.” Demanding a special Vidhan Sabha session to discuss the floods, the Akali leader said the tragedy was “Bhagwant made, not Bhagwan (God) made”.
She also took a dig at the CM for his Bengaluru visit for a two-day meeting of opposition parties.

Twenty-six opposition parties on Tuesday formed a coalition — Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) — to unitedly take on the ruling NDA.

She said she is “deeply pained” to see Mann behaving so heartlessly — “criss-crossing the skies to promote (AAP chief Arvind) Kejriwal in Karnataka” when his state is suffering from floods and people are losing their lives.

She said that Mann made tall claims about the release of compensation even before the ‘girdawari (survey to assess loss)’ but has “not shown his face” since then despite over 35 deaths and the loss of hundreds of cattle. She alleged that no ex-gratia has been announced, adding, “People in villages are losing lives, crops, cattle and property and, in the absence of any help from the government, tension among them is escalating”.

She said villagers are pooling their resources to save their villages from the water gushing in and claimed that the administration is totally absent.

It is extremely unfortunate that despite warnings, the administration did not bother to take effective steps to strengthen the ‘bundhs (embankments)’, the Bathinda MP said.