AAP's 'indefinite morcha' on SYL issue enters 2nd day

The "indefinite morcha" of AAP at Kapuri village in Punjab over SYL issue continued on the second day today, even as the party claimed that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is trying to "befool" people by writing a letter on the issue to the President of India.
"Rather than writing letter to the President of India, Badal should have talked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as the President works on the advice of the Council of ministers," the AAP leaders said.
"Why does Badal shy away from raking up SYL issue in a strong manner with the Prime Minister and make him understand the ground situation of availability of water in Punjab," they asked.

"SAD is an oldest partner of NDA, and if he (Badal) fails to get justice from the BJP-led NDA government, what was point for him to continue in the alliance?" AAP's Patiala Zone in-charge Balbir Singh asked.
"If he cannot protect the rights of Punjab, Badal has no moral right to continue as the Chief Minister and he should immediately resign or sever his political ties with BJP, which has betrayed Punjab," AAP leader Gulshan Chhabra alleged.
Accusing Congress of adopting "double standards" on SYL issue, AAP leaders said while AAP's national spokesperson Sanjay Singh is sitting in the "morcha", Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala has hailed the Supreme Court's ruling on the SYL issue.

They also asked state Congress chief Amarinder Singh to clarify the stand of his party's national leadership on the issue.
The Supreme Court on Thursday held as unconstitutional the 2004 law passed by Punjab to terminate the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal water sharing agreement with neighboring states.
The judgement makes it clear that the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act, 2004 is "unconstitutional" and Punjab could not have taken a "unilateral" decision to terminate the water sharing agreement with Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and Chandigarh.