CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today appealed to the union government not to introduce the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill in the coming winter session of parliament, asserting doing so would'nt amount to betraying and discriminating against brave Punjabis who had sacrificed the most for the country and going back on all commitments made to Punjab to hand over Chandigarh to it.
In a statement here, the SAD president said the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill sought to take the union territory permanently out of Punjab’s administrative and political control. “It seeks to end Punjab’s claim to Chandigarh as it’s capital city”.
Describing the proposed legislation as an assault on the rights of Punjab, Mr Sukhbir Badal said “this is also against federalism and amounts to discriminating against Punjabis who have been in the vanguard of the freedom struggle as well as protection of the borders of the country besides ushering in the green revolution which ensured food security to the nation”.