Chandigarh, July 2
CLP leader Partap Singh Bajwa has asked Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to clarify his stand for “seeking separate” High Court complex in New Chandigarh (Mullanpur), thereby giving up the state’s right on Chandigarh.
Bajwa was quoting a letter of the Haryana Chief Minister written to the Union Minister for Home Affairs on the issue of separate HCs for Punjab and Haryana, wherein Manohar Lal Khattar made a mention of the request made by the Punjab CM for a separate HC in New Chandigarh during a conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of the High Courts held on April 30, 2022.
“Why should the High Court of Punjab leave the city of Chandigarh?” Bajwa asked.
“The pattern of action by the Government of India makes it clear that its ultimate goal is the completion of the SYL and transfer of Punjab’s waters to Haryana. If the Government of Punjab does not get its act together now, the interests of Punjab will be irrevocably damaged,” said the CLP leader. — TNS
Clarify stand on 'separate' HC: Bajwa to CM
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