Chandigarh, Sep 26 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators in Punjab, on Friday, raised slogans and showed placards against the Central government in the state Assembly.
They said the Centre “is paying just a lip service towards flood-affected people of the state”.
They added that the Central government has not released Rs 1,600 crore till date as declared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the flood-affected areas of the state.
“This amount is miserable meager for rehabilitation of flood affected people,” they said.
Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said that the Congress “is protecting the Central government”.
Both BJP MLAs, Jangi Lal Mahajan and Ashwani Kumar Sharma, were not present during the special Assembly session.
Minister Cheema said that 20