category Regional,, tags Regional,, DW BUREAU Punjab s Leader of the Opposition (LoP), Partap Singh Bajwa on Sunday categorically asserted that he along with the Punjab Congress will always stand firm to safeguard the interests of Punjab and is committed to robustly defend Punjab s rights over Chandigarh. My and my party s stand is crystal clear that not even a single inch of Chandigarh could go to HP or Haryana , Bajwa added. Senior Congress Leader, Bajwa said that he had never remained silent on the issues concerning the interests of Punjab. On the contrary, it is the Aam Aadmi Party-led Punjab government that attempted to dilute Punjab s claim on the capital and river waters. In a statement, Bajwa said that the AAP government had already surrendered Punjab s right over Chandigarh. Mann has yet to delete his July 9, 2022 tweet in which he demanded a piece of land in Chandigarh from the Centre for a separate Punjab Vidhan Sabha. This means that Mann still owns his statement in that tweet, which actually weakens Punjab s case. Besides this, the AAP government never presented the case of Punjab s rights on its river waters strongly enough. In a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in July 2022, the AAP government s cabinet ministers, Harjot Singh Bains and Harpal Singh Cheema demanded a new tribunal for assessing the state s river water that weakened Punjab s rights on river waters. Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann never cited riparian law to claim Punjab s rights on river waters in meetings held lately , Bajwa added. (editor dailyworld.in)