Ludhiana, Sept. 28 -- Union minister of state for railways Ravneet Singh Bittu on Saturday said the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked chief minister Bhagwant Mann to meet Union home minister Amit Shah, who is monitoring flood assessment and relief. The remark came a day after Mann told the assembly that the PMO was not giving him time to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi for flood aid.

"The PMO had directed the CM to meet Amit Shah, who is overseeing the flood assessment and relief process. When floods hit Punjab, the home minister immediately constituted special teams to assess the damage. Those teams have already submitted their reports. If Mann is serious, why doesn't he meet Shah? Is it because Shah might ask for an account of ...