AMRITSAR: Panthic Talmel Sangathan (PTS) -- a conglomerate of over 100 Sikh bodies -- has announced that it would release a white paper on the river water issue , how major political parties were trying to exploit the matter to divert people’s attention for their own vested interests, and how the newly-emerged political outfits in Punjab were watching them fight helplessly. PTS core committee member Jaswinder Singh, advocate, informed TOI on Wednesday: “Very soon, we are going to issue a white paper on Punjab’s river waters, and compel political parties to answer people’s queries.”PTS convenor Sahib Giani Kewal Singh (former Jathedar of Takht Damdama Sahib) -- informed that since Punjab Termination of Agreements Act, 2004 -- which abrogated all its river water agreements with neighbouring states -- had been held as unconstitutional, the ongoing tussle between Punjab and Haryana over the issue of water had become more volatile. “We find that electoral interests are heavier than people’s interests,” said Jaswinder.Kewal Singh said there were other river water disputes -- like Krishna, Kaveri, and Narmada in the southern states of India -- but their political leaders were standing strong with the state’s interests, whereas politicians in Punjab were hell-bent on exploiting the situation. “Did the politicians of Punjab ever collectively take up the issue before the rest of the nation?” he asked. Jaswinder said they had prepared a list of questions, and would ask political leaders to answer them.