Chandigarh, The A, Congress and SAD have slammed the Centre for its determination to re-designate the submit of advisor to the Chandigarh administrator because the chief secretary, dubbing it as a “direct assault on Punjab’s respectable declare over the Union Territory”.
The Union Dwelling Ministry has rechristened Chandigarh advisor’s submit as chief secretary.
The cost of the advisor to the UT administrator was given to a senior IAS officer from the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory cadre.
The Punjab governor holds the cost of the UT Chandigarh administrator.
Chandigarh is the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana.
Punjab’s ruling Aam Aadmi Social gathering strongly condemned the Centre’s transfer, claiming it as soon as once more “exposes the anti-Punjab perspective” of the Central authorities.
It’s an try to weaken Punjab’s declare over Chandigarh, claimed A frontrunner Neel Garg.
“The appointment of a chief secretary is supposed for a state. Chandigarh is just not a state, nor does it have a chief minister. Then why was there a necessity for the appointment of a chief secretary?” he informed the media right here.
Garg mentioned the individuals of Punjab won’t ever tolerate this determination, including the Central authorities ought to rethink and withdraw the choice.
The A spokesperson asserted “traditionally, politically and socially, Chandigarh belongs to Punjab”.
“Chandigarh was constructed by uprooting 27 villages of Punjab. Subsequently, the Central authorities shouldn’t make any main selections with out consulting the Punjab authorities,” he mentioned.
Garg recalled that the Centre had proposed a number of months in the past to allocate 10 acres of land in Chandigarh for Haryana to construct an meeting, additional “weakening” Punjab’s declare over Chandigarh.
Reacting to the Centre’s determination, Chief of Opposition in Punjab Meeting and senior Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa known as the transfer a “direct assault on Punjab’s respectable declare over the town”.
Bajwa criticized this transfer as a “deliberate try to weaken” Punjab’s place and marginalize the Punjabi neighborhood, which he believes is a part of a broader agenda to undermine the state.
The Congress chief emphasised that this isn’t merely an administrative change, however a strategic transfer by the Centre to additional “dilute” Punjab’s rights.
“Chandigarh, which was carved from Punjab’s villages, has all the time been part of Punjab’s rightful declare. This transfer is an assault on Punjab’s dignity and a violation of the rules of federalism,” he mentioned.
Bajwa additionally highlighted the Centre’s earlier transfer to lift a separate cadre for the Union Territory of Chandigarh, additional weakening the 60:40 officer posting ratio between Punjab and Haryana.
“The Centre’s creation of a separate cadre for Chandigarh was one other step in diluting Punjab’s stake within the metropolis. This determination undermines the longstanding follow that ensured equal illustration for each Punjab and Haryana within the administration of Chandigarh,” he mentioned in a press release.
Bajwa additional identified that the Centre’s determination to “abolish” the advisor’s submit and change it with the title of chief secretary following the instance of Delhi indicators a broader effort to completely convert Chandigarh right into a Union Territory.
“Chandigarh’s place was all the time meant to be short-term till it was transferred to Punjab,” he mentioned.
Bajwa additionally expressed his shock over Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s silence on this situation.
In the meantime, Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal warned the Union authorities in opposition to going forward with the choice to re-designate the submit of advisor to the UT administrator because the chief secretary, UT Chandigarh.
The SAD chief mentioned the switch of Chandigarh to Punjab is a settled situation.
“Even the difficulty of the Hindi talking areas to be transferred to Haryana in lieu of Chandigarh stands settled past any doable dispute or doubt. Two separate Commissions arrange by the Union authorities had categorically dominated in favour of Punjab, saying that there was no Hindi talking space within the state that may very well be transferred to Haryana,” Badal mentioned in a press release.
“So, the one unfinished agenda of the 1966 re-organisation of Punjab was to revive to us our constitutional rights on the river waters as a riparian state, the switch of Chandigarh and different Punjabi-speaking areas to Punjab omitted of the state and restoration of the state’s management over establishments and authorities just like the Bhakra Beas Administration Board. Punjab calls for nothing greater than its due rights as assured underneath the Structure,” he added.
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