Chandigarh: Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring has expressed apprehension on the Aam Aadmi Party government’s intention to protect the interests of the state on the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal issue in the Supreme Court about
The Haryana Assembly elections are near and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, who belongs to Haryana, is also coming on a two-day visit to launch its campaign.
“We fear that all efforts made by the previous Congress governments to protect Punjab’s waters will fail as the AAP government is reluctant to take a tough stand in the Supreme Court,” Warring said.
The state Congress president said the Punjab Congress’ fears were further fuelled by AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Gupta’s statement in April that SYL water would flow into Haryana from 2025, in which he had claimed that it was people who would form the AAP se government here. Gupta had said that this is not his promise, but a guarantee.
Warring said the AAP can go to any extent to woo the voters of Haryana. Even Kejriwal is visiting Haryana after apex court ordered both states to hold talks to resolve the issue amicably.
Warring asked Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to tell the people of Punjab what his government has done so far to save Punjab’s water from Haryana and what steps it is going to take in future in view of the Supreme Court’s directions.