Ambala, July 11: Accusing the Centre of being a silent spectator to the misery of people reeling under floods in Haryana and Punjab, the BJP today sought a special package for the affected areas.
National secretary of BJP Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is part of a two-member team deputed by party president Nitin Gadkari to take stock of situation in the two flood affected states, demanded that the Centre send a team to the affected areas to assess the damage.
After visiting several villages in Naggal here, the BJP MP alleged that the government had not taken precautionary measures to prevent the calamity.
“The Union Government is not taking this disaster seriously. It is merely posing as a silent spectator,” he told reporters.
–Agencies