India, April 24 -- The planned power cuts also invited the ire of Opposition parties, which alleged "gross mismanagement" by the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government. Accusing the AAP of pushing the power surplus Punjab to a power deficit state, Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring questioned the PSPCL's claim that the power cuts were "planned" and had been necessitated for maintenance reasons. He asked why the corporation did not carry out the maintenance in winter. Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar also questioned why the maintenance work couldn't be completed in February or March. Jakhar said from businesses to commoners, everyone was hamstrung by the outages, adding that such major repair work was never scheduled during peak summer before. Defending PSPCL's move, AAP leader Neel Garg said the power cuts were being imposed to strengthen the electricity infrastructure and to prevent major technical failures in the future. Hitting back at Jakhar for his statement, he said, "It is extremely ironic that those who pushed Punjab into decades of power crisis and darkness during their rule are today shedding crocodile tears and doing politics over a mere 2-hour maintenance-related power cut meant to strengthen the system."...