Sukhbir Badal requests Home Minister Amit Shah to review GOI decision to appoint a full-fledged Administrator for Chandigarh UT
(Says Punjab’s stake on Chandigarh should not be diluted in any way, demands Chandigarh to transferred to Punjab as soon as possible)
Chandigarh, August 12 – Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal has requested Home minister Amit Shah to review the union government’s decision to appoint a full-fledged Administrator for the union territory by divesting the Punjab Governor of this charge.
Terming this as another attempt to dilute Punjab’s claim to its capital city during his meeting with the Home minister yesterday evening, the SAD President said Chandigarh was an inseparable part of Punjab and should be transferred to the parent State as soon as possible.
Sukhbir Badal conveyed to the Home minister that there was no reason to appoint a full-fledged Administrator for the union territory from outside the State. “If at all an Administrator has to be appointed till such time the union territory is not transferred to Punjab, the officer should be from the parent State. Earlier also the chief commissioner of Chandigarh used to be from Punjab”.
Badal informed the Home minister that all decisions taken at the time of reorganization of Punjab were being violated one after another. He said the centre was not following the 60:40 ratio for posting of officers in the union territory with a majority of officers being from Punjab. “Separate cadres have been created to reduce the strength of Punjab service officers in the union territory and now even AGMUT officers are being posted on key posts in utter violation of the 60:40 formula”.
Stating that instead of correcting the wrongs being done to Punjab vis a vis Chandigarh, Mr Badal said it was condemnable that the union government had decided to dilute Punjab’s role in Chandigarh even further. He said it was unfortunate that the NDA government was following the path of the Congress government by proposing to implement an anti-Punjab move which was also against the spirit of the constitution.
