Chandigarh belongs to Punjab: Congress leader Navjot Sidhu

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday said Chandigarh belongs to Punjab and will always remain so and predicted that its next big battle with Haryana will be over river watersSidhus comments came after recent remarks by Haryana leaders demanding the completion of the SutlejYamuna Link canal for getting the states river water share from Punjab They have also sought the transfer of 400 Hindispeaking villages to HaryanaThe Haryana government has summoned a special session of the assembly here on Tuesday days after the Punjab assembly passed a resolution seeking immediate transfer of Chandigarh to the AAPruled stateThe Union Territory of Chandigarh is the common capital of Punjab and HaryanaBuilt on 27 villages of Punjab Chandigarh belonged to Punjab and will remain so he tweeted in Hindi 27 hellip hellip Beware the next big battle is for the river waters of PunjabArvindKejriwal mlkhattar BhagwantMannmdash Navjot Singh Sidhu sherryontopp April 4 2022Kahin pe nigahein kahin pe nishana Sidhu tweeted suggesting that the real target for Haryana was not Chandigarh but the river watersChandigarh is just an excuse the target is Punjabs river waters Beware the next big battle is for the river waters of Punjab he saidSidhu who lost during the recent Punjab assembly elections from Amritsar East also tagged AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal state Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar with his tweetThe SYL canal issue has been a bone of contention between Punjab and Haryana for several decadesIn the past Punjab had been demanding a reassessment of its share of the RaviBeas river waters while Haryana had been seeking completion of the SYL canal to get its share of 35 million acrefeet MAF of waterThe Punjab governments move to bring a resolution in the state assembly came in the wake of the Centres announcement that the Central Service Rules will apply to the employees of the Union Territory of ChandigarhThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever