Chandigarh, May 2 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday launched a scathing attack on chief minister Bhagwant Mann and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), accusing them of compromising Punjab's water interests by allowing the release of thousands of cusecs of river water to Haryana.

Sukhbir asked the CM and the AAP to stop engaging in "political theatrics" over the sensitive river water issue and instead come clean to Punjabis about the recent release of 4,000 cusecs of water to Haryana and the subsequent agreement to release an additional 8,500 cusecs.

"It is shameful that instead of addressing the grave issue of Punjab's desertification and the blow to its farm economy, the AAP is resorting to diversionary 'dha...