Chandigarh, Sept. 13: Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing disappointment over the recently announced flood relief package, calling it “very little” compared to the scale of devastation.
Warring said expectations were high ahead of the Prime Minister’s September 9 visit to Punjab, but the announcement left residents disheartened. “Even after such a huge disaster, the relief given is very little. We were sure that the Prime Minister would heal the wounds of the people of Punjab, but the opposite happened,” Warring wrote in his letter.
The state Congress chief urged the Centre to sanction at least ₹25,000 crore in immediate assistance, noting that his party had earlier demanded ₹50,000 crore. “In the current situation, immediate help of ₹25,000 crore is necessary,” he said, stressing that politics should not overshadow relief.
He accused the Centre of using the crisis to attack the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab, which he described as “completely unsuccessful and incompetent.” However, Warring maintained that such political sparring was unfair to flood-hit families. “We understand that you tried to expose the Aam Aadmi Party government of Punjab… but unfortunately, the flood-affected people have been caught in this tussle between AAP and BJP,” he said.
Warring appealed to the Prime Minister to rise above politics and respond to the humanitarian emergency. “The people of Punjab are expecting from the central government, and in this difficult time, steps should be taken above politics,” he wrote.
