Chandigarh, Sept. 10 -- Six Punjab Cabinet Ministers today came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for announcing a meagre Rs 1600 crore relief package for the state's flood-hit people against the demand of Rs 80,000 crore.
State Cabinet Ministers Gurmeet Singh Khudian, Hardeep Singh Mundian, Harbhajan Singh ETO, Barinder Kumar Goyal, Lal Chand Kataruchak and Laljit Singh Bhullar in a joint statement termed the PM's announcement as "nothing more than a token gesture", and said it added insult to injury for millions of people who have lost their homes, livelihoods and crops in one of the most devastating floods in Punjab's history.
Launching a scathing attack on Modi, they said that the paltry amount "is nothing short of rubbing ...