AAP has hidden motives behind raising controversial issue: Khattar
Chief minister says all parties in Haryana are united over this issue and Chandigarh will remain the joint capital
KARNAL/CHANDIGARH: A day ahead of the special Haryana assembly session, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab has hidden agenda behind raising the controversial issue of Chandigarh.
“They should have raised the issue of SYL to resolve the old dispute by giving Haryana its share,” Khattar said while talking to reporters after a surprise inspection at wellness centres and a school in Gharaunda. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was demanding more water from Haryana for Delhi but is now keeping mum over Haryana’s share in SYL and around 400 Hindi-speaking villages of Punjab and all these issues need to be resolved by holding talks, he added.
“I believe AAP has hidden motives behind this issue but people of Punjab will not allow them to succeed,” he added.
He said Haryana and all political parties in state are united over this issue and Chandigarh will remain the capital of Haryana as well.
Later, Khattar said vacant posts of yoga instructors and dieticians at wellness centres will be filled soon.
During the visit, Khattar interacted with residents of these villages and told them that the government has taken this initiative to provide better health facilities to people residing in rural areas. He said requirement of yoga teachers and dieticians will soon be completed so that they can stay healthy by attending yoga and meditation classes in these centres.later, Khattar visited Panipat to review arrangements of the venue for a programme to be organised on the closing ceremony of the 400th Prakash Utsav of Guru Tegh Bahadur on April 24 at Sector 13/17 of Panipat and gave necessary guidelines.
Reacting to former Haryana Congress president and TMC leader Ashok Tanwar joining AAP, the CM said, “Such ambitious people keep wandering from one party to another. Not just Tanwar, there are many others who do not have experience of work and their only motive is to grab power.”
Gadkari inaugurates development projects ROHTAK: Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurated various national highway projects worth Rs 2,871.80 crore in Haryana. Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and his deputy Dushyant Chautala were also present at the function in Sonepat.
Addressing the gathering, Gadkari said four things – water, power, transport and communication – are required to carry out development work.
“I will initiate work on every project being asked by the Haryana government. I know where money comes from and no one can say that I have not delivered what I promised,” he added.
He announced to connect Delhi-dehradhun NH to Jind-gohana, Sonepat and Shamli. “We will build a bus port in Sonepat after the Haryana government sends a project. Our government wants to start air taxis from Delhi to Panipat which costs Rs 250 per person,” Gadkari added.