SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal writes to PM Modi over water row, takes dig at CM Mann
PTC News Desk: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of ongoing water dispute between Punjab and Haryana. In his letter to PM Modi, Sukhbir Singh Badal said that the issue of water of Punjab’s rivers is not a dispute but a case of “brazen “loot against the people of the patriotic border state”.
“Removing the reasons of (Punjab’s just grievances) and preventing the recurrence of the painful past needs to be a national priority. On river waters issue, the only way to achieve that is to ensure justice to my state on exactly the principles applied in interstate disputes all over the country. Punjabis demand no favours: they seek only justice," said Badal.
SAD President also slammed Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann while asserting that his and his party’s repeated promises to 'irrigate every field in Haryana and Rajsthan with Punjab’s river waters' has weakened Punjab’s genuine case that it does not have a single drop of water to spare.
"The Chief Minister is playing with fire with his duplicity not realising the gravity of the issue. He must put an end to this double speak," he added further.
Referring to the latest controversy surrounding BBMB's directives for Punjab to release water to Haryana, Badal said that Haryana had already used up more than the full share of rivers which too had been unfairly allocated to it as it has no right on those waters. Instead of being grateful to Punjab, it brazenly demands even more water.
- PTC NEWS
