With Punjab and Haryana at loggerheads over the Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal issue, Congress today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to convene an emergency meeting of the chief ministers of the two states to find a solution.
"The matter is very sensitive. The Prime Minister and the Home Minister cannot keep quiet. The Centre cannot shut its eyes and ears. The Prime Minister should call an urgent meeting of the chief ministers before things turn for the worse," senior party spokesman Anand Sharma told reporters.
He said India is a Constitutional democracy and the country's highest court has passed an order.
Sharma's remarks came close on the heels of the SYL canal row hotting up with Punjab Assembly unanimously passing a resolution against its construction saying the state does not have water to share with Haryana.
Haryana has accused Punjab of "crossing all limits" and decided to approach the Centre and the Supreme Court.
The development came a day after the Supreme Court directed status quo on land meant for Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal after Haryana alleged that attempts have been made to alter its use by levelling it.
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Meanwhile, former Haryana chief minister and senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda today demanded resignation of all MLAs and MPs and accused the state government of becoming a "mute spectator" on the SYL canal issue.
"The Manohar Lal Khattar government has become a mute spectator on the issue with Punjab denying Haryana's share of the river water," he said.
