You are with Punjab or against Punjab, dares state BJP leadership
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh-
Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring today warned against taking away Chandigarh from Punjab as is being proposed through the 131st amendment to the Constitution of India. Hoping that better sense will prevail at the centre and it will not legislate any such thing, he said it is totally uncalled for move.
“Chandigarh belongs to Punjab and any attempt to snatch it away will have serious repercussions”, he warned while hoping that the centre government will not make any such misadventure and will make the necessary amends in the proposed bill. Warring, who represents Ludhiana in the parliament, asserted that the Congress will strongly oppose this legalisation in the parliament and will talk to the like minded parties to ensure it is not passed.
He asked the Punjab BJP leaders to clarify their position. “Whether you are with Punjab or against Punjab will be determined by the position you take today”, he dared the Punjab BJP leadership.
The PCC president urged the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to immediately take up the matter with the central government to nip the proposal in the bud before it is too late.
He expressed strong apprehensions in the backdrop of an earlier order of the union education ministry scrapping the Senate and Syndicate of Panjab University. The orders have been withdrawn after this led to strong resentment and resistance from Punjab.
“Successive governments at the centre from time to time have committed and reiterated that Chandigarh belongs exclusively to Punjab and delay in getting it transferred to its parent state in no way weakens Punjab’s case and cause”, he asserted, while asking the central government to abandon any such proposal immediately lest the consequences be too serious to control for it.