Chandigarh, Sept. 27 -- The Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government on Friday moved a resolution in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha condemning the BJP-led Union government for its "lack of response" and "failure" to sanction a Rs.20,000-crore special financial package for the flood-ravaged state. The resolution also condemned the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) for "not responding to chief minister Mann's repeated requests for a meeting" with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The PMO's lack of response had prevented the state from making a proper and comprehensive representation of the full scale of the disaster, it added. The strongly worded official resolution on the "Insufficient, Belated and Undisbursed Relief Package from the Union Government" was moved by water resources minister Barinder Kumar Goyal on the opening day of the two-day special session convened by the state government to discuss flood relief and rehabilitation. Describing the recent floods as the worst faced by Punjab, Goyal demanded a package of Rs.20,000 crore from the Centre for relief and rehabilitation measures in the state. He expressed "profound dismay" at the announcement of a token relief package of Rs.1,600 crore, calling it a cruel mockery of the state's genuine demand of over Rs.20,000 crore. "This financial assistance was a routine release and not an extraordinary grant. Punjab has not received anything from this amount so far," he said, demanding immediate and full transfer. The relief package was announced by PM Modi on September 9. The ruling AAP and the opposition parties had wasted no time in expressing disappointment with the PM's announcement, terming it a "drop in the ocean." The government, in its resolution, called upon the Centre to acknowledge the gravity of this disaster, revisit the assessed damages, and sanction a comprehensive and substantially enhanced special financial package of not less than Rs.20,000 crore. The water resources minister stated that the India Meteorological Department's forecasts were way off the mark as the actual rainfall far exceeded predictions. "Such gross inaccuracies exposed negligence," he alleged. He also blamed the BBMB, which manages the dams, for the floods in Punjab and demanded that the management of dams should be transferred to the state government. "During such emergency situations, whenever we make requests to the chairman of BBMB, he calls meetings of all the states, including Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Delhi. Not all states attend, and important decisions get delayed," he said. Goyal added that all the members present in the House were aware of how the BBMB had treated Punjab. "When the Bhakra water level was at 1,660 feet, we requested them to start releasing water, but they said that it would be released once the level reached 1,665 feet. At times, immediate decisions have to be taken in critical situations," he said, citing an example. He claimed that the Beas River area was declared a Ramsar site in 2017, preventing even basic desilting or mining activity....