Chandigarh, May 9 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said the state government will challenge the decision of the Punjab and Haryana high court on the BBMB and water sharing in the Supreme Court.

Mann, who staged a sit-in at Nangal, said the battle to protect the waters will be fought politically and legally. "The BBMB chairman has tried to illegally loot the water of the state, which is highly condemnable. Any such move will not be tolerated and the state government will oppose it tooth and nail," he said.

The chief minister also accused the BJP-led central government of playing dirty games over the waters of the state at a time when the country was supposed to fight the enemy in unison with each other.

Mann said Punja...