Chandigarh, May 3 -- Balbir Singh Rajewal, President Bharti Kisan Union (BKU), said here today that the Union Home Secretary has no legal right to order the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) to release 8,500 cusecs extra water to Haryana. He lashed out against what he called the "anti-Punjab mindset" of the BJP-led central government.
Rajewal said that as per the Punjab Reorganisation Act. 1966, the Union Government can constitute a tribunal to solve such water disputes. The whole process adopted by the BJP government to release water proves the anti-Punjab mindset of this Government, he alleged.
The way senior officers were transferred at midnight without their consent also "proves this unconstitutional attitude" of the Union Government...