State AAP: Haryana should forget SYL

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 12

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab unit has given an advisory to the Haryana government over the share of river waters, stating that the state should forget about the Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal (SYL) and start mulling over the Yamuna-Sharda link as an alternative.

In a joint statement on Friday, state core committee chief Principal Budhram and president, Punjab Kisan Wing, Kultar Singh Sandhwan said the issue of water sharing had surfaced again ahead of the Assembly elections in Haryana pursuant to the apex court’s fresh order on the issue.

The AAP leaders claimed that in view of the new development, the real face of the Akalis stood exposed. They said if the Badals could not arm-twist their alliance partners into protecting the interests of the state, including the water-sharing issue, there was no point in Union Minister Harsimrat Badal continuing with the Modi Cabinet and that she should immediately pull out of it.

The AAP leaders claimed that the CM had forgotten about his commitment to members in the House to convene an all-party meeting on the water-crisis issue.