The Congress-led central government was the one that first initiated the plunder of Punjab’s waters. The tragic part is that instead of overturning those anti-Punjab decisions, the BJP is taking them even further—and going so far as to celebrate them, that too on the soil of Punjab! Celebrating a century of carrying Sutlej water to Rajasthan through the Gang Canal, and the BJP MP from Ganganagar, Arjun Ram Meghwal, contemplating holding ceremonies in Punjab—this is a calculated conspiracy, a mentality aimed at provoking Punjabis by reminding them of the loot of their own waters. The Punjab unit of the BJP itself appeared divided on this issue. In the end, it washed its hands of the matter by saying that it was a “private affair” of the union Minister. How can the celebration of the plunder committed against Punjab—on Punjab’s soil—be a private matter for your leaders? If anything serves as a greater warning, it is that the BJP’s B-team—the Aam Aadmi Party and the Badal Dal—are both sitting in complicit silence over this conspiracy. Punjabis must remain alert to this as well—Punjab’s water struggle is no longer merely a legal battle; it is now taking the form of political maneuvering