"Congress workers collect Rs 2 cr to provide relief": Amrinder Singh Raja Warring accuses AAP govt of "negligence"

Amritsar (Punjab) [India], September 7 (ANI): Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) President Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Saturday said that his party workers have managed to gather approximately Rs 2 crore for the purpose of providing relief to the flood-affected areas. He also accused Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann of being "negligent".
"Rahul Gandhi said that all Congress workers should engage in providing relief measures to the affected areas, so that no one in Punjab is hungry. Congress workers have collected almost Rs 2 crore to provide relief to affected areas. We are not going to complain about what the government has done," Warring said while addressing a press conference here.
Later, after visiting the flood-affected areas in Firozpur district, Warring cautioned that the situation remains serious while blaming the government and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann of "negligence".
"The world and the country are watching the damage that has happened. The situation is serious. Rahul Gandhi has asked all of us to stand with the people and support them in this hour of crisis. This has happened due to the negligence of the government and the Chief Minister," the Punjab Congress chief said.
Warring was accompanied by the Punjab Leader of Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa and Bhupesh Baghel during their inspection of the flood-affected areas.
Meanwhile, senior Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel also criticised the "inefficiency and carelessness" of both central and state governments while slamming them for not informing about the number of lives lost in the floods.
"It is due to the inefficiency and carelessness of both the central and state governments. The government has not yet told how many people have died, how many cattle have been washed away, or how many acres of land have been submerged. No assessment or declaration has been made by the government. This is unfortunate. The third thing is that no facilities are being provided by the government," Baghel told ANI.
Earlier in the day, Baghel said that the floods in Punjab signify the "failure" of both the state and central government.
"The trucks are being dispatched. This flood is a result of the failure of the state government and the central government, and it is the state of Punjab that is bearing the brunt. The government is not providing information regarding damages to crops and farms, loss of life and livestock," Baghel, AICC general secretary in charge of Punjab, said while addressing the media here.
As the floods wreak havoc in Punjab, Congress today arranged for relief material for the flood-affected victims in many districts of the state.
Speaking to ANI, Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla said that trucks carrying essential supplies of food were dispatched to Firozpur and informed that the party was sending relief material to all the affected places.
"Punjab Congress Committee president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring sent the relief material. Punjab incharge Bhupesh Baghel will flag off this. Four trucks of relief supplies have been dispatched to Firozpur. Congress is sending this material to all the affected places. It has packets of food for people and 'chaara' for livestock. We have plenty of rations now. People have also managed to send relief material," the Amritsar MP said.
"The food grains in 40 -50 villages have been destroyed completely. We have to help people till November," Aujla added.
The death toll in Punjab amid chaos due to the floods has risen to 46, the state's Department of Information and Public Relations informed. (ANI)