By means of PTI
CHANDIGARH: Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday stated Chandigarh belongs to Punjab and can at all times stay so and predicted that its “subsequent giant struggle” with Haryana will probably be over river waters.
Sidhu’s feedback got here after contemporary remarks through Haryana leaders difficult the final touch of the Sutlej-Yamuna Hyperlink canal for buying the state’s river water percentage from Punjab.
They’ve additionally sought the switch of 400 Hindi-speaking villages to Haryana.
The Haryana govt has summoned a unique consultation of the meeting right here on Tuesday, days after the Punjab meeting handed a answer searching for quick switch of Chandigarh to the AAP-ruled state.
The Union Territory of Chandigarh is the average capital of Punjab and Haryana.
“Constructed on 27 villages of Punjab, Chandigarh belonged to Punjab and can stay so,” he tweeted in Hindi.
“Kahin pe nigahein, kahin pe nishana,” Sidhu tweeted, suggesting that the true goal for Haryana was once now not Chandigarh, however the river waters.
“Chandigarh is solely an excuse, the objective is Punjab’s river waters. Beware the following giant struggle is for the river waters of Punjab,” he stated.
Sidhu, who misplaced throughout the new Punjab meeting elections from Amritsar East, additionally tagged AAP nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal, state Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann and Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar along with his tweet.
The SYL canal factor has been a bone of rivalry between Punjab and Haryana for a number of many years.
Up to now, Punjab have been difficult a reassessment of its percentage of the Ravi-Beas river waters whilst Haryana have been searching for final touch of the SYL canal to get its percentage of three.5 million acre-feet (MAF) of water.
The Punjab govt’s transfer to convey a answer within the state meeting got here within the wake of the Centre’s announcement that the Central Provider Laws will practice to the workers of the Union Territory of Chandigarh.
