Even as the emotive issue surrounding the claim over Union Territory Chandigarh — the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana continues to crop up every now and then, the neighbouring Himachal Pradesh has now asserted that the hill State has been deprived of its share in Chandigarh – the ‘city beautiful’.
The Himachal Pradesh government has stepped up its efforts to secure its rights over Chandigarh. The State government has constituted a Cabinet sub-committee to look into all aspects of this matter and subsequently, a report will be submitted to the Cabinet to be discussed at length. The State government will decide its further course of action after taking into consideration the findings and recommendations of the Cabinet sub-committee.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday said that the State government aims to address long-standing issues of its rights with the neighbouring states that have been in limbo depriving the due benefits of the state and its people. “Since taking over the regime around six months ago, the state government has been aggressively taking up its issues with the Union Government and respective States,” he said.
