Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Friday said that she would 'never apologise' over a recent outburst which escalated into a rift between her party, the PML-N, and its coalition partner, the PPP.Addressing the inaugural ceremony of electric buses in Lahore, Maryam Nawaz censured the PPP for hurling 'wrongful criticism' at the Punjab government amid devastating floods sweeping the country.'When floods swept through Punjab, the people of one province not only wrongly criticised the Punjab government, but they also rubbed salt in the wound,' she said. 'If there is any issue in any province, do we level false allegations at press conferences? Do we spread lies? What we do is help them.'The Punjab CM said she called KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and offered any assistance she could to him during the floods, despite him being a political opponent. 'Those in other provinces are my Pakistani brothers and sisters; whenever a CM likes a project I've done and asks me for the technology, I immediately send a minister and secretary. So when people say that I celebrate anything bad happening in another province, it is upsetting,' she added.Maryam Nawaz refused to seek apology from her political opponents. She said that Punjab was mocked during the difficult time of devastating floods and now those same critics ask her to apologise.Reacting to criticism of Punjab's response to floods, Maryam said, 'When Punjab suffered its worst flooding in history, people from another province chose to criticise us instead of showing solidarity. Asif Ali Zardari is respectable to me, and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is like a younger brother, but I was deeply hurt.' 'When I speak of water, I don't mean just Jati Umra - I speak for all of flood-stricken Punjab,' she said.'Why should I apologise? It's their spokespersons who owe an apology,' CM Maryam Nawaz added. According to chief minister, she will respond to every critic of Punjab and its development.Maryam Nawaz added that she remained quiet about Bilawal's remarks because she 'did not want to get into a fight' because she was 'serving the people of Punjab 24 hours a day and did not have the time'. 'I am not going to leave my people alone,' CM Maryam Nawaz said. 'If you talk, I'll respond befittingly.'I was asked why I didn't take money from BISP [Benazir Income Support Programme] - I did not want the data of poor people, but the data of the people affected by floods,' she added. 'I have 10,000 people in the field going door-to-door to perform damage assessments, so that we can compensate them.'Maryam Nawaz referenced the PPP's walkouts from parliament, asking why she needed to apologise. 'That spokesperson who criticised the Punjab government and politicised the suffering of Punjab's people is the one who needs to apologise,' she said. 'If I respond to anyone, I raise my voice for my people. Maryam Nawaz Sharif will never apologise.'The CM said that Punjabis love their land and that the people's self-respect was also her responsibility. 'Think 100 times o ver before talking negatively about Punjab.'She then moved to the canals issue, stating that she was ready to pay for the canals project and 'brought the case of Punjab's people before the CCI [Council of Common Interests]'.The now-shelved canals project had turned out to be a cause of contention between the Punjab and Sindh, which are governed by the PML-N and PPP, respectively. 'That water is the right of Punjab's farmers, but it was politicised,' the CM continued.However, the chief minister distanced herself from controversial remarks made by YouTuber Rizwan Razi, also known as Razi Dada, who had made derogatory remarks about the people of Sindh. 'He said something inappropriate and I cannot endorse it,' she said. 'Even he realised it. He was summoned to a Senate standing committee, where he apologised unconditionally. 'When someone apologises, you forgive them, right? But these people made fun of him. Still, I remained silent. However, I will not let this happen to another person in Punjab.'Speaki ng at the event, Maryam Nawaz said, 'Pakistan's first Metro Bus, Orange Train, and now Electric Bus have all been launched in Lahore. I've come bearing the gift of 40 more electric buses for the city.'She added that a total of 70 electric buses would arrive in Lahore by December, and emphasised that providing modern, high-quality facilities to the public remains her government's top priority.'People come to Lahore and say it feels like they've entered another country,' she remarked.She highlighted that electric bus service is being launched across Punjab and not limited to Lahore alone. 'I don't want people to say Maryam Nawaz is only developing Lahore. The development of all of Punjab is my core mission,' she said.