CHHAPAR MELA RALLIES - Amarinder blames Badal for SYL mess
Saturday, 17/09/2016
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Chhapar : Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh here today held Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal responsible for the SYL mess. Speaking to mediapersons on the sidelines of the Chhapar Mela, Capt said Badal’s role dated back to 1978, when the latter had gone all out to “please his friend and the then Haryana Chief Minister, Devi Lal.”
Citing the violence over the Cauvery water dispute, he said the Supreme Court must take into consideration the ground reality before pronouncing its judgment in the SYL case.
“Come what may, I will not allow even an extra drop of water to flow out of Punjab as it could render at least 10 lakh acres in Malwa barren,” he said.
Replying to a question about AAP state convener Gurpreet Ghuggi allegedly comparing Arvind Kejriwal with the tenth Sikh Guru, Amarinder said Ghuggi deserved to be thrashed for this blasphemy.
Others who spoke on the occasion included AICC incharge for Punjab Asha Kumari, CLP Leader Charanjit Singh Channi, former CM Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, Member of Parliament Ravneet Singh Bittu and Manpreet Singh Badal.
PPCC chief spokesperson Sunil Jakhar displayed the motorcycle whose registration number was allegedly shown to be that of a truck for transporting paddy to the godowns.
