Pursue SYL issue in SC, Amarinder tells Badal
Wednesday, 22/06/2016
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Chandigarh : Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee president Amarinder Singh on Tuesday asked Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to pursue the SYL matter in the Supreme Court instead of getting resolutions passed in various panchayats across the state, which would serve hardly any purpose.
“This is a lame attempt at cover up by Badal for weakening Punjab’s case in the Supreme Court,” he said in a statement while reacting to passing of the resolutions in panchayats, asking, “Who in his right senses can imagine that panchayat resolutions can influence a Supreme Court decision as Badal is trying to make everybody believe?”
Amarinder suggested that the state must insist on setting up a fresh tribunal that would look into the actual availability of water right now, before a final decision is taken.
“Badal with his characteristic pusillanimous indecisiveness has weakened our case, which, otherwise, was legally very strong after the passage of the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act in 2004,” Capt said, while remarking, “thanks to Badal, Punjab is now at the risk of losing everything that it had gained in 2004 with the passage of the Act (Termination of Agreements).”
The former Chief Minister maintained that Badal was deliberately trying to politicize the issue so that he could prepare ground for wriggling out of the situation and hide his failures. “I am sure he is planning to enact some political drama ahead of the elections”, he said, adding that “it was so unfortunate that even at this crucial stage Badal was still concerned more about himself than saving Punjab’s waters.”
