Kejriwal, Mann ought to search apology from folks of Haryana: Khattar on Chandigarh row
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CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday strongly condemned Punjab’s AAP authorities for passing a decision in search of the switch of Chandigarh to the state.
Khattar additionally requested AAP nationwide convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann to hunt an apology from the folks of Haryana.
“What the Punjab government has done is condemnable,” stated Khattar whereas replying to a query on the decision handed by the Punjab meeting on Friday.
“What they did is condemnable and it should not have been done,” asserted Khattar.
He stated Chandigarh is the capital of Haryana and Punjab.
Khattar stated Kejriwal being the top of the Aam Aadmi Party ought to condemn it and apologise to the folks of Haryana.
“Similarly, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann too should apologise to the people of Haryana,” he stated whereas speaking to reporters in Panchkula.
He stated the AAP-led authorities in Punjab ought to first get the SYL canal constructed and switch Punjab’s Hindi-speaking areas to Haryana.
On Friday, Khattar had stated Chandigarh is and can stay the capital of Haryana and Punjab.
Both the states have a number of different points to speak about aside from Chandigarh, a state authorities assertion quoting him had stated right here.
The Punjab meeting had on Friday handed a decision in search of quick switch of Chandigarh to the state with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann accusing the Centre of attempting to upset the steadiness within the administration of the Union Territory and different widespread belongings.
The decision, which was moved by Mann, was handed by the House within the absence of the 2 BJP legislators, who had earlier staged a walkout.
The Punjab authorities had received the decision handed by the state meeting in wake of the Centre’s announcement that the central service guidelines will apply to the workers of the Union Territory of Chandigarh.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had slammed the Centre’s resolution, claiming that it goes in opposition to the Punjab Reorganisation Act.
