A day after the meeting surrounding the construction of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal - the focal point of a water-sharing dispute between Haryana and Punjab remained inconclusive, the Haryana Congress on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government of idling away time over meetings on the critical issue, demanding immediate implementation of Supreme Court’s direction.
Former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in Haryana Assembly, Congress’s Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the State government was wasting time by holding meetings on the issue of SYL, and instead, it should get the decision of the Supreme Court implemented, which is in favour of Haryana.
“The Supreme Court’s decision on SYL has come in favor of Haryana. Today there is a BJP government in Haryana and also in the Centre and it is the job of the government to implement the court’s decision but the government is wasting time and doing nothing concrete. The present government can neither take any decision in the interest of the state nor can it implement the court’s decision,” he was speaking in Sonipat.
