Chandigarh, Sep 27 (PTI) Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Congress, accusing it of "shamelessly playing politics" over the recent floods in the state.

Cheema said the devastating floods, caused by excessive rainfall and overflowing waters from Himachal Pradesh and Jammu, claimed nearly 60 lives and wreaked havoc across Punjab.

"At a time when the Punjab government, under Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, is working day and night to rehabilitate affected families, the Congress is stooping to new lows by obstructing relief funds and politicising the deaths of innocent people," he said.

Slamming the Congress for its behaviour in the special state assembly session convened by the AAP government to discuss flood rehabilitation, Cheema said

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