Kejri opens up on SYL, says no question of sharing water

Ludhiana/Jagraon : Breaking his silence over the SYL row, Delhi CM and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal today said Punjab was already facing a water crisis and it was not in position to share water.
Kejriwal said this on the sidelines of his rally at Jagraon. He said only AAP could safeguard the interests of Punjab on the matter. Kejriwal said the SAD and the Congress were playing with this issue for political gains.
He said: “Everybody knows that it was the Akali government led by Parkash Singh Badal in 1978 when the notification on SYL was issued and the land of farmers was acquired. Later, it was Capt Amarinder Singh who wished to get the foundation stone of the canal laid by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.”
He later addressed a rally at Dana Mandi near Gill Road along with the Lok Insaaf Party led by Simarjit Bains and Balwinder Singh Bains. Kejriwal said their alliance with the Lok Insaaf Party was meant to irradiate corruption and drug menace from the state. He alleged that the SAD and the Congress played musical chairs and robbed the state to fill their own coffers for years. “While Amarinder saved Bikram Singh Majithia from probe into drug racket, Akalis provided relief to Amarinder in a corruption case,” he alleged.
Targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi over demonetisation, Kejriwal demanded loan waiver and compensation for micro, small and medium enterprises. Besides, he demanded a special package for hosiery traders and farmers, who “have been ruined by demonetisation”. “While cash is easily available to those dear to the BJP, it is the poor and the middleclass who are standing in long queues and dying every day,” he said.