CHANDIGARH, May 1 -- Haryana opposition leaders on Wednesday slammed Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann after he refused to release more water, with INLD chief Abhay Singh Chautala threatening to block all routes from Punjab passing through Haryana. Senior Congress leader and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda accused the Mann government of reducing the supply of water to Haryana, a BJP-ruled state, from 8,500 cusecs to 4,000 cusecs. INLD president Chautala said that during the agitation against central farm laws, farmers from Haryana stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Punjab farmers. He urged the Punjab farmers to exert pressure on the Mann government so that Haryana is given its due share of water. "If the government does not take ...
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