Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini Chairs All-party meeting on water sharing issue

An all-party meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Nayab Singh Saini regarding the ongoing water sharing dispute between Haryana and Punjab, on Saturday. A resolution was unanimously passed in the meeting urging the Punjab government to implement, without conditions, the decisions of the BBMB technical committee dated April 23, 2025, and of the BBMB board dated April 30, 2025. During the meeting, the leaders demanded that the inhumane, unjust, illegal, and unconstitutional ban on Haryana’s share of water be lifted immediately.

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State Cabinet Ministers Sh. Anil Vij, Sh. Ranbir Gangwa, Sh. Shyam Singh Rana, Smt. Shruti Choudhry, BJP state president, Sh. Mohan Lal Badoli. While from the Congress party, former Chief Minister, Sh. Bhupinder Singh Hooda and the state president, Sh. Udaybhan, from INLD, state president, Sh. Rampal Majra and MLA, Sh. Aditya Devilal and from JJP, former Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala and former MLA, Sh. Amarjeet Dhanda and from Aam Aadmi Party, Sh. Sushil Gupta, Sh. Krishan Jamalpur from BSP and Sh. Omprakash from CPI (M) and Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. Rajesh Khullar attended the all-party meeting.

During the meeting, Chief Secretary, Sh. Anurag Rastogi gave a detailed presentation regarding the data on water distribution during the past 10 years. Later, during discussions on the ongoing water dispute, all the leaders expressed concern over the emerging drinking water crisis in Haryana and described Punjab’s act of withholding Haryana’s share of water as unconstitutional.

All leaders unanimously stated that they stand firm with the Haryana government in ensuring the state gets its rightful share of water.