Karnal, May 5 -- Congress MP Deepender Hooda on Sunday hit out at the BJP-led state government and said that the ongoing water issues with Punjab arose due to the state government's negligence, even while assuring his party's support to the government on the stand-off with the neighbouring state.

He was in Ambala, where he launched the Congress's state-wide "Samvidhan Bachao Yatra". The campaign was to be launched by his father and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, but instead was kicked off by Deepender Hooda.

During his media interaction, the Rohtak MP said, "Party has kept forward its demand that Haryana should get its water, along with assuring the party's full time support to the state government. However, by cursing the...