IT WAS SECOND PARTITION FOR PUNJABIS: CAPT
Wednesday, 02/11/2016
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CHANDIGARH: Terming the creation of the Punjabi Suba as the second partition for Punjabis after the 1947 division, Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday flayed the Akalis for shrinking the state to fulfil their sectarian agenda.
Reacting to the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Punjbai Suba by the Akali-BJP government, Amarinder asked what was there to celebrate in the occasion, which laid the foundation for the continuous decline of the state?
Rather than celebration, it should be a moment of penance and self-atonement for the Akalis, who had effectively shrunk the state in such a manner as to deprive it of the rich resources and growth prospects which fell to the share of neighbouring Himachal Pradesh and Haryana in the process, said Amarinder.
The state Congress chief said not only did Punjab lose out on huge land tracts spanning 80 lakh acres, it also lost precious resources like water, hydroelectric power, forests and tourism to Himachal Pradesh.
