The AAP pioneer additionally blamed the focal government for disregarding thePunjab Reorganization Act 1966 by forcing officials and faculty from different states and administrations in Chandigarh organization.
Chandigarh:
The Punjab government will battle unequivocally for its "legitimate case over Chandigarh", Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said today in his first response to Union Home Minister Amit Shah declaring a transition to stretch out focal government advantages to Chandigarh organization workers. The move is driven by the BJP's apprehension, said Mr Mann's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which won the new Punjab political decision.
Mr Mann likewise blamed the focal government for disregarding the Punjab Reorganization Act 1966 by acquiring officials from different states and administrations into the Chandigarh organization.
"Focal Govt has been stepwise impressive officials and staff from different states and administrations in Chandigarh organization. This conflicts with the letter and soul of Punjab Reorganization Act 1966. Punjab will battle emphatically for its legitimate case over Chandigarh...(sic)," Mr Mann tweeted today
Amit Shah, announcing that Chandigarh's workers would benefit amazingly, had said on Sunday: "The retirement period of representatives in the Union Territory will presently go up from 58 to 60 years and ladies representatives will presently get youngster care depart of a long time from the current one year." "Today, the (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi government has settled on a critical choice... Tomorrow a warning will be given and from the forthcoming monetary year (April 1) you will get the advantage," Mr Shah said, considering it a " long-forthcoming interest of employees of the Chandigarh organization".
Other than AAP, the Congress, which lost power in Punjab, and the Akali Dal additionally hit out at the declaration.
Senior AAP pioneer and Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the BJP is "frightened" of the ascent of AAP.
"From 2017 to 2022 Congress-administered Punjab. Amit Shah didn't remove Chandigarh controls then. When AAP shaped Govt in Punjab, Amit Shah removed Chandigarh's administrations," Mr Sisodia tweeted.
AAP had before blamed the Center for endeavoring to control the officials in Delhi. The matter is forthcoming in the Supreme court.
In a tweet, Akali Dal pioneer Daljit Singh Cheema said, "MOH's (Ministry of Home Affairs) choice to force focal government rules on representatives of Chandigarh is infringing upon the soul of the Punjab Reorg (Reorganization) Act and should be rethought."
"This implies refusal of right of Capital to Punjab for ever. After changes in the BBMB (Bhakra Beas Management Board) governs, this is one more large catastrophe for the privileges of Punjab," read another tweet.
Congress pioneer Sukhpal Singh Khaira said his party likewise censures the choice.
"We emphatically sentence authoritarian choice of BJP to usurp upon the freedoms of Punjab over control of Chandigarh. It has a place with Punjab and this one-sided choice isn't just an immediate assault on federalism yet in addition assault on Punjab's portion of 60% command over UT, " he tweeted.
Mr Khaira likewise tweeted that "I wish to remind the BJP, Chandigarh is a contested region with Punjab's case advocated by Rajiv-Longowal Accord... It's duplicity and cheating by something like an administration".
