As soon as AAP government was formed in Punjab, Haryana government raised the issue of water, CM said – I am worried
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Chandigarh, As soon as the Aam Aadmi Party government was formed in Punjab, Haryana CM Manohar Lal has presented the demand for water from SYL canal (Sutlej Yamuna Link). Haryana CM Manohar Lal said that the government has dual accountability. He said that we have to take water from Punjab and provide it to Delhi.
CM Manohar Lal said that in such a situation, the accountability of the AAP government is more, because in both the states Delhi and Punjab, there is a government of the Aam Aadmi Party. During this, CM Khattar also targeted Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Haryana cannot be compared with Delhi
CM Manohar Lal said, ‘I am not worried about AAP coming to Haryana. Delhi is smaller than Haryana. There are about 1,100 government schools in Delhi, but there are 15,000 government schools in Haryana. At the same time, the cultivable land there is much less than that of Haryana, because Haryana has 80 lakh acres of agricultural land. Similarly, different regions have different conditions, so Delhi cannot be compared with Haryana, but Haryana can be compared with Punjab. Right now, what worries me more is how they manage Punjab.
A scathing attack on the opposition’s claim
In response to a question, the CM said that the Chief Minister Good Governance Associate has nothing to do with any political organization in Haryana and the government does not pay him any salary. In a scathing attack on the opposition’s claim of discontinuing the old age pension of around 2.70 lakh beneficiaries in the state, the CM said, “The opposition will not share details about the number of new pension beneficiaries, they only talk about pension deduction.” 2.61 lakh new beneficiaries have been added in two years till March 2022,” Khattar said, adding that in these two years around 2.41 lakh people had died, their pensions were stopped.
Story first published: Saturday, March 19, 2022, 15:39 [IST]
