Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday demanded an apology from Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab's newly elected chief minister Bhagwant Mann over a decision moved within the Meeting in search of switch of Chandigarh to Punjab.

Calling it a condemnable transfer, Khattar stated they need to not have finished this. ”The Rajiv–Longowal Accord was signed 35 to 36 years in the past, as per which it (Chandigarh) is the capital of each Haryana and Punjab. I had stated it yesterday too, there are a number of points associated to it,” Khattar stated, chatting with information company ANI.

“Celebration chief Arvind Kejriwal ought to condemn it, or they need to apologise to the folks of Haryana. Punjab CM must also apologise to the folks of Haryana. What they've finished is condemnable,” he added.

In the event that they need to do one thing like this, they need to first go to the Supreme Court docket and resolve the Sutlej-Yamuna hyperlink situation, the Haryana CM additional stated.

On Friday, the Punjab Meeting handed a decision in search of instant switch of Chandigarh to the state, days after Union house minister Amit Shah authorized central service guidelines for workers of the Union territory, a transfer described as an encroachment on the state's rights by a number of events.

Khattar has repeatedly stated Chandigarh will stay the joint capital of Haryana and Punjab. He additionally hailed the Centre’s transfer to make central service guidelines relevant on the UT's staff and accused the Punjab authorities of deceptive folks over the difficulty.

He stated the Punjab authorities has not but given the good thing about seventh Pay Fee to its staff, whereas Haryana had applied the suggestions in 2016.

Haryana and Himachal Pradesh have been carved out of Punjab over 5 many years in the past. Subsequently, Chandigarh was made the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana. Folks of Himachal Pradesh have additionally claimed their share over the town a number of occasions.