The AAP on Monday said Punjab has the sole right over Chandigarh and Haryana will not be allowed to construct an additional legislative assembly building in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Haryana will not be given an inch of land in Chandigarh, which was established on the land of dozens of villages of Punjab, Aam Aadmi Party\u2019s state chief spokesperson Malvinder Singh Kang said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Separately, Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that Haryana\u2019s land swap proposal for constructing the Vidhan Sabha building is fraught with the danger of disturbing the \u201calready worrisome\u201d law and order situation in Punjab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has also called a meeting of its senior leaders later this week to decide the party\u2019s strategy on the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Haryana has sought a 10-acre plot in Chandigarh for constructing the additional building of its Vidhan Sabha. It has identified land adjacent to the traffic light at Madhya Marg near the railway station road junction and offered a 10-acre site in Panchkula in exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Haryana Assembly Speaker Gian Chand Gupta had met Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on November 19 and discussed with him the allotment of land for the new building in Chandigarh\u2014the common capital of the two states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AAP\u2019s Kang said the party and the Punjab government will vehemently oppose the Haryana government\u2019s proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Haryana government has sought land for (building) its separate legislative assembly in Chandigarh. On the demand for land, the Aam Aadmi Party has categorically said that not an inch of land in Chandigarh will be given to Haryana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHaryana can set up its legislative assembly in Panchkula, Karnal or elsewhere. Punjab has the sole right over Chandigarh,\u201d Kang said in a tweet in Hindi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the northern zone council meeting in Jaipur in July, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had announced land for setting up an additional building for the Haryana Assembly here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Haryana government had been making this demand for the last one year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congress leader Bajwa urged Prime Minister Modi not to accept Haryana\u2019s proposal \u201cas it would not be short of playing with fire and jeopardising\u201d Punjab\u2019s \u201chard-earned peace\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOn January 29, 1970, nearly three years after Haryana came into being, the Centre had issued a formal communication declaring that Haryana, in due course, would have its capital and Chandigarh would continue to remain the capital of Punjab,\u201d the leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is \u201cquite intriguing\u201d that the Union home minister has overlooked this, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMoreover, many other global issues are weighing on the mind of the Centre. Therefore, it would serve no purpose in reviving the issue already well settled,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Akali leader Daljit Singh Cheema said SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal will meet senior party leaders on November 24 to decide the party\u2019s strategy on the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At present, the Punjab and Haryana governments share the Vidhan Sabha complex, which is located next to the Punjab and Haryana Civil Secretariat here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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