SYL: Cong to start protests from Abohar on Nov 13
Friday, 11/11/2016
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Chandigarh : The Congress in Punjab on Friday announced state-wide agitations from Abohar on November 13 over the SYL issue to “expose the SAD-BJP government's failure to contest the state’s case effectively”.
This was decided in a meeting of Congress MLAs with its state chief Capt Amarinder Singh before tendering their resignations over the SYL issue at the Punjab Vidhan Sabha today.
The 42 MLAs, including leader of Opposition Charanjit Singh Channi, Sunil Jakhar, Sukhjinder Randhawa and Balbir Singh Sidhu, went to the Assembly and submitted their resignations to Assembly Secretary Shashi Lakhanpal Mishra as Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal was not present.
Senior Congress leaders, including Amarinder Singh, Partap Singh Bajwa and Ambika Soni accompanied the MLAs.
Launching a fresh attack on Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Capt alleged that Badal has "failed to protect the interest" of the people and announced that his party will take out a rally on the issue from Abhore on Sunday.
He said, "I am not in Parliament and our MLAs are not in Vidhan Sabha. We will go to the people. We are going to burn the effigies of the government for not protecting Punjab's rights."
Hitting out at Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, the state Congress chief asked, "Why is Badal not protecting Punjab's interests? Is it because he has made a lot of money and doesn't care what happens in his area?"
He said Harsimrat Kaur Badal should also resign on moral ground as the BJP Government at the Centre has failed to act in the interest of Punjab.
Capt alleged that the Akalis have adopted “double standards”.
In a blow to Punjab, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Punjab was bound to share the Ravi-Beas waters with Haryana and other states and comply with its two judgments for completion of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal.
The case involves sharing of Ravi-Beas river waters primarily between Punjab and Haryana, besides Rajasthan, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Chandigarh.
