Chandigarh, Nov. 18 -- Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday reiterated Punjab's claim over Chandigarh, Panjab University, and river waters, besides advocating genuine federal structure in the country before Union home minister Amit Shah in the 32nd meeting of the Northern Zonal Council held at Faridabad.

Mann said that the Constitution clearly demarcates areas in which the Union and the states have to exercise their respective authority. He said that federalism remains one of the basic pillars of our Constitution, but unfortunately, there has been a trend towards centralisation of authority.

Pleading for handing over Chandigarh to Punjab, Mann said that the Rajiv-Longowal Accord, signed on July 24, 1985, between the then Prime Ministe...