Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and apprised him of Haryana's move to form a separate SGPC for the state and sought action against it.
The Centre shot off a letter to Haryana asking the state Governor to withdraw his assent granted to a Bill aiming to create a separate SGPC saying the state assembly did not have legal authority to enact such a law.
However, Haryana contended that those against the separate SGPC in the state can move a court and refused to entertain the Centre's request terming the Home Ministry's letter as an "affront to the federal structure of India".
After meeting Modi on his return from Brazil, Badal met Home Minister Rajnath Singh at his residence where Finance Minister Arun Jaitley joined him and so did Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Nripendra Mishra and Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami.
"Accordingly, the state government of Haryana may kindly bring the above facts to the notice of the Governor and request the Governor to withdraw the assent given by him to the bill in view of the fact that the state legislature had no legislative competence and the bill passed is void and of no legal effect before any or further complications arise," Goswami said in his letter to Choudhary.