Cutting across party lines, all Punjab MlAs accompanied Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday to meet Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki, requesting him to grant assent to the new Bill on Sutlej-Yamuna link (SYl) canal passed by the Assembly for de-notification of land acquired for the canal.
The Governor listened to Badal and other leaders but did not make any commitment on assent to the Bill, official sources said.
He assured them that he would look into the Bill indicating that the issue relates to the interests of other States also. Solanki is also Governor of Haryana.
Apart from Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal, almost all the legislators of SAD, Congress, including leader of Opposition in State Assembly Charanjit Singh Channi, BJP and Independents accompanied Badal to the Raj Bhavan.
The CM had led the delegation to the Governor seeking approval of the Bill, unanimously passed by the Punjab Assembly on Monday.
Though no official comment was available, but Channi said neither the Chief Minister nor any official was carrying the copy of the Bill when the Governor asked for the document on which assent was to be given.
Channi told reporters later, "This shows the insincerity of the ruling SAD-BJP alliance towards an issue of utmost importance for Punjab."
The festering row over sharing of the Ravi-Beas waters escalated on Monday with Punjab Assembly passing the Bill against construction of the contentious SYl canal, sparking an immediate adoption of a resolution by Haryana Assembly condemning the other State's move as "unconstitutional".