Chandigarh: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has announced that Haryana will be alloted land in Chandigarh for construction of a separate Vidhan Sabha building.
Following this, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann also urged the Union government for a land in Chandigarh to build the assembly.
“My appeal to the Central Government is to allot land in Chandigarh to form its own Assembly for our Punjab on the lines of Haryana. There has been a long standing demand that the Punjab and Haryana High Court be set aside…. For this also please provide land in Central Government Chandigarh,” CM Mann said in a social media post.
Following this, opposition attacked CM for demanding land in Chandigarh although Chandigarh belongs to Punjab according to the law.
Congress Punjab Chief Amarinder Raja Warring said, “Only Punjab has a right over the lands and government buildings of Chief Minister Saab, Chandigarh. As stipulated under the Punjab Re-Organisation Act, 1966, Haryana needs to be made a separate capital. Please do not dilute our right over Chandigarh with such statements.”