A special session of the Punjab Assembly has been convened on Wednesday in the wake of the Supreme Court declaring as “unconstitutional” the 2004 law enacted by the State Government to terminate the Sutlej-Yamuna link (SYl) canal water sharing agreement with neighbouring States.
Ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will come out with a strategy that will suit them better in all legal terms, a party spokesperson said here. He said the Government is fine tuning its next legal, legislative and political moves.
After the SC verdict last Thursday, 42 MlAs of Congress have resigned from the Vidhan Sabha. However, Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal said the resignations of Congress MlAs were “under consideration”.
Congress legislature Party (ClP) leader Charanjit Singh Channi said the Government should first spell out its agenda for the Special Session.
“We have officially not received any communication about the Session being convened,” he said.
Besides, the Congress is not aware whether there is any agenda of the Government behind summoning the Session, he added.
Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh had earlier wanted an assurance from the government that the new legislation will be approved by the governor and not made a mockery.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has asked all political parties to get together on the SYl issue. However, Badals deputy and his son Sukhbir Singh Badal has said the Congress has run away from the issue.
In a related development in neighbouring state, Haryana Government has convened a meeting of all political parties under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar on the issue of SYl Canal.