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Punjab does not has a single water drop to spare: Amarinder

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Press Trust of India Amritsar
Last Updated : Jul 08 2015 | 8:13 PM IST
Congress Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today asserted that Punjab did not have a single drop of extra water to spare for other states.
"Come what may, we are not going to let anybody take a single drop of water", he warned, while addressing public rallies at Attari and Majitha.
Referring to recent statement of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar that he will press for the completion of the Satluj-Yamuna Link Canal (SYL), the former Punjab Chief Minister said, there have been water sharing agreements in 1955 and 1977.
And every state including Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and also Punjab are getting the water that is due to them under these agreements and there was no extra water in Punjab to spare for anybody.
Responding to the demand by senior party leader from here Laly Majithia seeking action against Bikram Majithia, he promised that Bikram will not be able to enter Majitha when Congress comes to power in 2017.
He said, not only will each and every false FIR he got registered against the Congress workers be canceled, but he will also be subjected to reciprocal justice in equal measure.

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"This is no dictatorship, but democracy", he warned Majithia, telling him, "your time is up and your countdown has begun and you will soon run for cover as I will make you pay for all your sins and excesses you committed on our people".
He also took a dig at Union Minster and Bikram's sister, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who had said that Capt Amarinder's family had lot of money in the foreign banks.
"Tell me where is the money and I promise, I will give you all that money", he said.

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First Published: Jul 08 2015 | 8:13 PM IST

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