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CHANDIGARH, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh today exhorted upon all the Punjabis to start filling up the SYL canal and ensure it was levelled at the earliest as this was the only way to save 9 lakh acres of fertile land of Malwa region from turning dry and barren.
“Not only will it erase all the remnants of the canal but will also assert our resolve to undo the injustice that Punjab has been subjected to in terms of sharing of waters”, he said in a statement issued here today.
Capt Amarinder challenged the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been claiming to be supporting the Punjab’s cause, to join in the filling up of the canal saying it was the real chance for them to prove their loyalty and sincerity towards Punjab and the Punjabis, which will otherwise always remain suspect.
The PCC president blamed the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for the flip-flop on the issue of de-notifying SYL land acquisition, asking as how come even after three days of the passage of the bill it had not reached the Governor. “Either Mr Badal was doing it deliberately to bide time, or he was too incompetent to realise the urgency of the matter”, he remarked
Capt Amarinder recalled that when he enacted the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act 2004, it was within half an hour with the Governor and the assent was accorded to it the same day.
“Because, we, unlike Mr Badal, were firm, serious and sincere in taking the legislation to the logical conclusion and saving Punjab’s water”, he said, adding, that firmness of resolve and sincerity of purpose was lacking in Mr Badal.
He said, with the BJP government at the centre having backstabbed Punjab by supporting Haryana and Badal failing to rise to the occasion, filling up the canal was the only way left with the Punjabis to save 9 lakh acres of land in Malwa region from turning into a desert.
