CM Mann Stood with the People During Floods: Punjab Government Showed the True Spirit of Democracy

Chandigarh, September 15, 2025: While the entire country was celebrating Democracy Day, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann set a true example of it. By going among the people troubled by floods, he showed how a leader should really work. Usually, leaders just fly over flood-hit areas in airplanes and leave. But Chief Minister Mann himself went into the affected villages. He walked through mud and water to meet people. This is true leadership.

Not just the Chief Minister, but all cabinet ministers were also sent to Amritsar and the border villages. They didn’t just go there for a formality, but actually went to help people. Instead of sitting in offices, they worked on the ground. Mann himself said, “I am not the Chief Minister, I am the Minister of Grief.” These words touched the hearts of Punjabis. He built a special bond with people stuck in crisis.

The Punjab Government celebrated Democracy Day not with promises, but with real action. Instead of ceremonies, Punjab showed genuine efforts. With wartime-level planning, India’s largest crop compensation was given—₹20,000 per acre directly to farmers, and ₹4 lakh to flood-affected families. Every flood-hit village received immediate support of ₹1 lakh for resettlement.

In relief camps, true democracy was seen. Where democracy is lived in spirit, people come forward themselves. Volunteers and local leaders took charge in over 2,300 villages—distributing food, setting up medical camps, and leading cleanliness drives. Ordinary Punjabis became the first informers in their areas and markets, treating the government’s work as their own responsibility.

But if we talk about the Prime Minister of our country, the people did not seem to figure anywhere in his priorities. The Mann Government turned Republic Day into a day of ground-level rescue, but there was no response, no message, and no understanding of Punjab’s suffering from Prime Minister Modi. His attention lay elsewhere—even as the Chief Minister was speaking in the press about the soul of Indian democracy. The absence of the so-called “leader of the people” speaks volumes and reveals a lot.

Everyone witnessed his concern for foreign nations, and his silence at home. In times of domestic crisis, the true values of democracy are revealed. While Modi has often intervened in international crises like Afghanistan, this time he left his own citizens waiting for leadership and compassion. If democracy is to be celebrated, it should be by putting Indian lives first—something missing in the central government today.

When we talk of democracy, it means “of the people, for the people, and by the people”—a system where supreme power lies with the people and is exercised either directly or through elected representatives. The Mann Government has become a living example of this. Because when people feel the state is truly theirs, democracy flourishes. In these floods, not just the government but the people themselves came forward—whether through health campaigns, cleanliness drives, or bringing farmers’ voices into policy. The partnership between the people and the government has set an example for the nation, while elsewhere democracy has been reduced to a mere ritual.

As the floodwaters recede, it is becoming clear that democracy is not just a one-day event but a firm promise. Punjab celebrated Democracy Day not as a ritual, but by giving people power, hope, and relief. When the history of this flood is written, it will tell the story of a government and its people standing together—where leaving each other was never an option. And the Mann Government, which stood by the common people and fought for them, will always be remembered.