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Punjab must avoid petty politics over water distribution issue: Haryana CM
May-06-2025

Haryana Chief Minister (CM) Nayab Singh Saini has said that Punjab is indulging in petty politics over the water distribution issue. Saini said that the Haryana Cabinet strongly condemns the resolution passed by the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. He reminded that prior to 1966, Punjab and Haryana were one state. He said ‘Punjab Chief Minister, Bhagwant Mann, should stop playing such petty politics and focus on developmental politics that addresses the basic needs of the people of Punjab’.

He said ‘Water is a natural resource and a national heritage. Even today, the Mann government passed a resolution in its Vidhan Sabha, refusing to give Haryana its rightful share of drinking water. This act is unethical and goes against the federal structure of India’. He further said just as the people of Punjab have shown doors to the Congress, they will do the same with AAP.

Regarding the resolution passed in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha regarding the dissolution of Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), the Chief Minister Saini said that BBMB is an autonomous body passed by the Lok Sabha and operates under the central government. He criticised the Punjab government for neither respecting the Supreme Court's decisions nor upholding the Constitution, and for undermining India's federal structure. The Chief Minister Saini said that the nation runs on a system that must be respected.


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