Capt asks Kejri to apologise for filing SYL affidavit
Monday, 11/04/2016
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CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday asked Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal to apologise to the people of Punjab for his government’s affidavit in the Supreme Court supporting Haryana’s stand on the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal.
“Just by saying that your law officer acted on his own, you cannot escape the responsibility since you happen to be the head of the government,” Amarinder said, adding that no law officer acts of his own and he appears in the court after being briefed by the government. Amarinder said Kejriwal had all the right to take a stand he liked, but he must not try to play dual games.
The Congress chief also took a dig at chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and his deputy Sukhbir Singh Badal alleging they had played an equally dubious role on the issue by getting the legislation passed in the assembly but delaying the governor’s assent to it. This allowed the Centre and Haryana time to approach the Supreme Court which ordered status quo.
