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Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday said that he is pleased that the central government has decided to withdraw the Chandigarh bill and not bring it to Parliament.<\/p>\n \u201cI hope that in the future as well, no decision related to Punjab will be made without consulting the people of Punjab,\u201d he posted on X, expressing satisfaction with the clarification issued by the Union home ministry that the central government had no intention to introduce any bill to alter Chandigarh\u2019s governance or administrative structure in the upcoming winter session of Parliament.<\/p>\n The home ministry issued the clarification after a political storm erupted in Punjab over the proposal to bring the Union territory of Chandigarh under Article 240 of the Constitution, placing it in the same category as Union territories without legislatures.<\/p>\n AAP\u2019s Anandpur Sahib MP Malvinder Singh Kang said that Punjab has a historical, legal right over Chandigarh, and there is still a need to remain vigilant. \u201cChandigarh should be given back to Punjab, it is our demand,\u201d he added. Earlier, the AAP on Sunday came out all guns blazing against the Centre over the proposed constitutional amendment bill.<\/p>\n AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal led the attack at the BJP-led central government, alleging that its attempt to strip Punjab of its rights over Chandigarh through constitutional amendments was not part of any ordinary step, but a direct assault on the state\u2019s identity and constitutional rights. He said this mindset of tearing apart the federal structure to snatch away Punjabis\u2019 rights was extremely dangerous. \u201cHistory bears witness that Punjabis have never bowed their heads before any dictatorship. Punjab will not bow today either. Chandigarh belongs to Punjab and will remain Punjab\u2019s,\u201d he posted on X. Another AAP leader, finance minister Harpal Cheema, warned that any move by the central government to \u2018snatch\u2019 Chandigarh would be met with a two-pronged resistance: a legal struggle by the Punjab government and a resolute struggle by the AAP, extending from the streets to Parliament.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t trust BJP: Warring<\/b><\/p>\n Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring rejected the Union government\u2019s clarification.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Centre\u2019s clarification is vague as it says, will not bring the bill in the winter session. What is the guarantee that it will not bring it in the next session?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n \u201cIf the BJP is really sincere about Punjab and Punjabis, it should initiate the measures to hand over Chandigarh completely back to Punjab instead of taking contrary steps,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa alleged that the BJP-led Union Government proposed Bill is a deliberate tactic to engineer confrontation in Punjab and create the conditions necessary to impose Governor\u2019s rule in the state.<\/p>\n \u201cThe BJP knows that pushing this bill will trigger widespread protest across Punjab. That is exactly what they want \u2014 to provoke Punjab and then use the resulting situation as a pretext to centralise power,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n SAD calls core committee meet on Nov 24<\/b><\/p>\n Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday decided to convene an emergency meeting of the party\u2019s top decision-making body, the core committee, on Monday to build consensus and to decide on the course of action to oppose the proposed Bill.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen people of Punjab are commemorating the 350th martyrdom day of Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib, people of Punjab are expecting that relief from the government in the Centre, instead the Centre is proposing to bring an amendment in the constitution so that Punjab\u2019s claim over Chandigarh as a capital city be usurped,\u201d said SAD leader Daljit Singh Cheema. We will oppose any such amendment and work out a strategy for the course of action, he added.<\/p>\n Party president Sukhbir Singh Badal said the Bill amounts to betraying and discriminating against brave Punjabis.<\/p>\n SAD MP and former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said, \u201cThis amendment bill is a robbery of the rights of Punjab and also a violation of the principles of federal structure.\u201d<\/p>\n Chandigarh integral to Punjab: Jakhar seeks meeting with Shah<\/b><\/p>\n Amid criticism over the proposed bill, the BJP\u2019s Punjab unit on Sunday said that it stands firmly with the state on the issue of Chandigarh and will meet the central government, including Union home minister Amit Shah, in this regard.<\/p>\n Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar said that he had already sought time from the home minister for a meeting. \u201cChandigarh is an integral part of Punjab. Whatever confusion has arisen regarding Chandigarh will be resolved by discussing it with the government,\u201d Jakhar posted on X.<\/p>\n BJP\u2019s state working president Ashwani Sharma said the tweet issued by the Central Government had clearly stated that no Bill related to Chandigarh was being brought in the winter session. He accused the AAP government, Congress, and the SAD of coming together purely for political gains and running false and misleading propaganda. He said the atmosphere of fear created by the AAP government and the opposition was nothing but a political drama.<\/p>\n He accused the AAP government of making baseless allegations against the BJP to divert attention from its failures. Criticising the Congress and SAD, Sharma said these issues (water, Chandigarh, and Centre-State relations) were the result of the decades-long mistakes committed by these very old parties.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.hindustantimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday said that he is pleased that the central government has decided to withdraw the Chandigarh bill and not bring it to Parliament. 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