New Delhi, Aug 27 (HS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leadership, accusing them of abandoning flood-hit families in the state. Drawing an evocative parallel, BJP leaders said, “When Rome was burning, Nero played the fiddle—today, Punjab faces the same tragedy.”

Thousands remain stranded in Punjab’s floodwaters, the BJP charged, while Chief Minister Mann is occupied in Tamil Nadu and AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia are “feasting on Punjab’s resources.”

BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh, in a sharp statement, demanded that Mann stop misleading the public with hollow promises and answer pressing questions: “When will farmers get loan waivers? When will the MSP top-up be fulfilled? Punjab’s women have waited 40 months for ₹1,000 monthly assistance, yet not a single commitment has been honoured.”

Chugh further alleged that Mann’s administration has saddled Punjab with an additional debt burden of ₹1 lakh crore in just four years, while misrepresenting central schemes like the PM Poshan Yojana by rebranding them with AAP’s image. “It is because of PM Poshan that over 20 lakh children in Punjab and more than 11.5 crore children across India receive nutrition every day,” he said.

Blaming Mann’s governance for Punjab’s deepening crisis, Chugh declared that the state’s “law and order has collapsed, the economy stands paralysed, and drug addiction is destroying the youth.”

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar