Punjab Cong MLAs to resign en masse if SC decides against state on SYL: Amarinder
BY M Post Bureau25 July 2016 11:06 PM GMT
M Post Bureau25 July 2016 11:06 PM GMT
Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh on Sunday said Congress MLAs in Punjab will resign en masse in case the Supreme Court verdict in the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal case goes against the state.
“While we respect the Supreme Court, we are also duty bound towards Punjab, hence we will find legislative and constitutional ways to safeguard our water which includes mass resignation by our MLAs”, Singh said.
The PCC president said, after submitting their resignation along with his from the parliament, Congress party will go to people seeking their vote and support.
In case the verdict goes against Punjab and it orders construction of the SYL, Punjab will be left with no option.
Not only will over ten lakh acres of Malwa region go dry, people wouldn’t even have water to drink, he said. Amarinder said this will only be because of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s failure to act on time.
“Either his (Badal’s) intentions were not honest or they were not clear, which made him vacillate and waste crucial time in getting the Governor’s assent to the unanimous resolution of the Vidhan Sabha on SYL, thus providing enough time to Haryana to move the SC,” he observed.
There are always constitutional and legal means which must be exercised which Badal unfortunately squandered, he added.
Jalandhar MP Chaudhary Santokh Singh said he will also resign with Amarinder and the party legislators.
The PCC president warned Badal against any “mischief” that could imperil peace the state. Singh said, it was the Congress government in 2004 which enacted the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act that saved its waters.
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