Won’t share a drop of water with Haryana, says Sukhbir
AMRITSAR: Holding the Congress responsible for the current situation over the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal, Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said it was the that Congress that gave birth to the controversial canal, ignoring the Punjabi’s rights over its river water.
Sukhbir, who was in Amritsar along with his wife and Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple, said Punjab would allow a single drop of water to flow to Haryana. “Our stand is clear that we will neither allow anyone to dig SYL Canal nor give a single drop of water to the neigh- bouring state,” he said.
He also clarified that the Shiromani Akali Dal has no pact with the Indian National Lok Dal and termed it propaganda by opponents.
Hitting out at Captain Amarinder Singh, he said after Punjab polls, the state Congress chief is in depression and shock as he is going be defeated badly. The people of Punjab will never prefer Congress since the party was responsible for mass killing during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi,” Sukhbir said.
Meanwhile, confident of a good show in the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) polls, Sukhbir said people of Delhi will give a clear verdict in favour of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal).
BADALS’ UPROAR ON SYL MEANINGLESS NOW: SIMARJEET BAINS
TARN TARAN: Lok Insaaf Party leader Simarjeet Singh Bains on Saturday said the Badals’ uproar on the SYL issue was meaningless now as they did not pursue the case timely.
Addressing a joint press conference with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kartar Singh Pehlwan, Bains said people of Punjab have rejected the Badal family and the Akali Dal as they failed to take legal measures on the SYL Canal, resultantly the Supreme Court ruled in favour of Haryana.
He said if the AAP forms the government in Punjab, it would root out corruption from the system, besides waving farm loans.