CHANDIGARH, Nov. 17 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini is set to take a hard line on long-pending inter-state water and institutional issues at the 32nd Northern Zonal Council (NZC) meeting in Faridabad on Monday, it is learnt.

There are at least 29 agenda items approved for discussion in the NZC meeting to be chaired by Union home minister Amit Shah. The NZC comprises the states and Union territories of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh in which chief ministers, lieutenant governors, senior officials from the central, state governments and Union territories will participate.

As per the approved agenda, among the key issues which will be taken are appointment of member...