Chandigarh, Sept. 27 -- Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government over its handling of the floods, holding it responsible for the crisis.

Demanding the sacking of irrigation minister Barinder Goyal and suspension of irrigation secretary Krishan Kumar for 'criminal mismanagement', Bajwa said the disaster was "man-made."

Participating in the discussion on a resolution moved by the AAP government against the Centre's, Bajwa said, "The floods were not merely a natural calamity. Mismanagement on the part of the irrigation minister and secretary turned it into a man-made disaster. Neither drains were cleaned, nor rivers desilted. The worst was the breaking of the flood...