Will not allow Union govt to succeed in its nefarious designs to snatch Chandigarh: CM Mann

Will vehemently oppose another draconian move by the BJP led NDA govt against the state

Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh-

Vehemently opposing another draconian move of the Union government against the state, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Saturday said that the state government will not allow any conspiracy of the BJP led NDA government to snatch Chandigarh from the state.

In a statement issued here today, the Chief Minister said that Chandigarh was, is and will ever remain an integral part of the state adding that the amendment being proposed by the Union government to include the capital city of Punjab in article 240 of constitution of India in alignment with other Union territories in the ensuing session will not be allowed. He said that though every parent state has sole right over its Capital but grave injustice had been meted out to the state by denying its Capital to Punjab adding that Punjab has the sole right on its capital. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that it is a naked truth that the BJP led Union government is doing grave injustice to the state by conspiring to snatch our capital from us. 

The Chief Minister said that there was hardly any parallel to it that the parent state has been devoid of capital as in case of Punjab. He said that nobody can deny the fact that being the parent state Punjab has the sole right to its capital city of Chandigarh. Bhagwant Singh Mann bemoaned that time and again the successive governments at the centre had done a grave injustice with the state by denying its capital.

The Chief Minister said that there was barely any example in the country where the parent state has been deprived of its capital, after the formation of linguistic states, other than Punjab. He said that since long Punjab has been a victim of the injustice of the Union government adding that the Modi government is further rubbing salt into the wounds of the state. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that as per universally accepted law Chandigarh was a part and parcel of Punjab and it must be given back to the state.