All Cong MLAs resign over apex court ruling on SYL
Saturday, 12/11/2016
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Chandigarh : All Opposition Congress MLAs on Friday submitted their resignation to the Punjab Assembly Secretary here to protest the Supreme Court’s ruling favouring Haryana on the SYL issue.
State Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh, meanwhile, launched a fresh attack on Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, alleging that the CM has “failed to protect the interest” of the people and announced that his party will take out a rally on the issue on Sunday.
The 42 MLAs, including leader of Opposition Charanjit Singh Channi, Sunil Jakhar, Sukhjinder Randhawa and Balbir Singh Sidhu, went to the Assembly here and submitted their resignations to Assembly Secretary Shashi Lakhanpal Mishra as Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal was not present.
Senior Congress leaders, including Capt Amarinder Singh, Partap Singh Bajwa and Ambika Soni accompanied the MLAs.
“I will submit the resignations to the Speaker. He will see whether to accept them or not,” Mishra said.
A Congress spokesperson denied reports in a section of the media that they have submitted the resignations to the Governor.
Speaking to mediapersons, Capt Amarinder 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. We will hold a rally at the tail-end of the canal system in southernmost part of Punjab on Sunday, which will be affected (by the verdict).”
Hitting out at 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?”
The water dispute assumed a new dimension with the Supreme Court on Thursday holding as unconstitutional the 2004 law passed by Punjab to terminate the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal water sharing agreement with neighbouring states.
