Chandigarh, Oct. 8 -- The Punjab BJP on Tuesday blamed the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government for the recent floods that caused extensive damage in the state. Addressing a press conference while releasing a "chargesheet" against the Mann government, BJP's state working president and Pathankot MLA Ashwani Sharma said that despite repeated warnings, expert reports and vast resources at its disposal, the Punjab government "failed" to take preventive measures.

"Multiple reports identified 133 vulnerable points along Punjab's rivers. Instead of taking urgent preventive measures, the government allowed rampant illegal mining near riverbanks, weakening embankments and directly causing large-scale breaches in dhussi bundhs (emban...