Punjab Congress on Thursday demanded imposition of the President’s Rule in the State in wake of the SYl verdict. At the same time, the party also sought early elections, claiming Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal may try to create trouble to further his vested political interests.
“let there be elections in December,” said the state Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh after sending his resignation from the Amritsar lok Sabha seat.
“We will go to the people over this issue…Having failed to safeguard the interests of the people of Punjab, Badal will now try to cause trouble, and so, the sooner he is out of power, the better for the State,” he said.
The already fragile situation in the State has been aggravated as a result of this development and is ripe for mischievous elements to whip up trouble, he claimed, adding that terrorist groups from across the border could exploit the situation to create mayhem in the poll-bound State.
“To avoid this, the State should be immediately placed under the Governors rule
and elections should be held by December," he said.
He said that during its decade-long rule, the Badal Government should have fought the case effectively and should have battled for the implementation of the riparian principles of water sharing.
"Haryana has no riparian rights on Satluj River, just as Punjab has no such rights on Yamuna river water.