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Punjab’s All MLAs Accompanied CM Badal And Met Governor For SYL Canal

Mar. 15 Economy, Environment, Unrest Strikes Comments

[Chandigarh,Punjab]Punjab’s All MLAs Accompanied CM Badal And Met Governor For SYL Canal
Cutting across party lines, all Punjab MLAs accompanied Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today met Governor Prof Kaptan Singh Solanki and requested him to grant ascent to the new Bill on Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal passed by the Assembly for de-notification of land acquired for the canal.
As per sources ,The Governor listened to Badal and other leaders but did not make any commitment on ascent to the Bill,
Apart from Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal, almost all the legislators of SAD, Congress, including Leader of Opposition in state assembly Charanjit Singh Channi, BJP and independents accompanied Badal to the Raj Bhawan.
The CM had led the delegation to the Governor seeking approval of the Bill, unanimously passed by the Punjab Assembly on Monday.
The festering row over sharing of the Ravi-Beas waters escalated yesterday with Punjab Assembly passing the bill against construction of contentious SYL canal, sparking an immediate adoption of a resolution by Haryana Assembly condemning the other state’s move as “unconstitutional”

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