Chandigarh can only belong to Punjab if the Hindi-speaking areas are given to Haryana besides SYL water: Anil Vij

AMBALA: Haryana energy, transport, and labor minister Anil Vij countering Punjab ’s claim on Chandigarh, said on Friday, "They (Punjab) are under a misconception; they are unaware of the history of Punjab and Haryana. Chandigarh can only belong to Punjab if the Hindi-speaking regions are transferred to Haryana and Haryana receives its share of SYL (Satluj-Yamuna Link canal) water. Otherwise, as much as Chandigarh belongs to Punjab, it belongs to Haryana too", Anil Vij said.

Commenting on former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s statement that this time, it was the system and not democracy that won in the assembly elections, Vij said, "There are many ways to complain. He (Hooda) is unable to accept defeat. The people have rejected him (Hooda, Congress), and now they are unable to bear it." Vij further remarked, "The people have cut their (Hooda’s) kite, and now they cannot manage it, which is why he (Hooda) is making such statements."

About Rahul Gandhi’s statement that PM Narendra Modi has never read the Constitution, agitated Anil Vij said, "PM Modi has complete knowledge of the Constitution, but you (Rahul Gandhi) do not. Your grandmother, Indira Gandhi, tore the pieces of the Constitution during the Emergency.”

Vij added, "Rahul Gandhi is working to spread hatred in the country. The Gandhi family has not read the Constitution. Rahul Gandhi should know what his grandmother did to the Constitution. During the 1975 Emergency, all powers under the Constitution were eliminated, 1.5 lakh people were jailed, fundamental rights were suspended, and forced sterilizations were carried out. So, the Gandhi family has not read the Constitution. We have read it and know it well.”