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Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann connected Tuesday (November 18, 2025) claimed that the Centre has decided to defer cardinal issues pertaining to Punjab, including the sharing of stream waters and different rights with neighbouring states and the Panjab University restructuring.
CM Mann made the assertion a time aft helium spoke astatine the 32nd gathering of the Northern Zonal Council, chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah successful Faridabad, wherever helium raised the concerns of Punjab.
The Punjab Chief Minister said helium told the gathering that the Centre should not "play with the sentiments" of Punjab portion ignoring the State's interests.
"The Centre has deferred each 11 issues relating to Punjab aft I raised the concerns of Punjab and called for maintaining the presumption quo connected the issues concerning Punjab. Will not let the rights of Punjab to beryllium taken implicit by anyone," Mr. Mann told reporters astatine a property conference.
CM Mann said helium powerfully opposed each the claims made by neighbouring states astatine the gathering and told the Home Minister not to let them to snatch the rights of Punjab.
"All the issues raised by different States were to snatch the rights of Punjab, and I powerfully opposed them," helium said.
To assistance resoluteness the contented of h2o scarcity for irrigation purposes successful bluish India, the Chief Minister projected that, aft annulling the Indus River Waters Treaty, 24 MAF h2o from the Chenab stream should beryllium diverted to Punjab, and that could beryllium channelised for irrigation purposes successful each bluish states.
Asked astir contamination successful the nationalist superior and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupa's concerns that it is simply a effect of workplace fires successful Punjab and different bluish States, Mr. Mann claimed that the representation of Punjab was being tarnished unnecessarily and the contamination successful Delhi is not a effect of workplace fires successful Punjab, arsenic paddy cultivation is delayed there.
CM Mann said Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh person nary close successful the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) and their claims successful the committee bash not basal immoderate crushed arsenic the BBMB was formed aft the reorganisation of the State. The Chief Minister besides claimed that Haryana itself had fixed distant its assertion connected Panjab University a fewer years agone during the tenure of past Chief Minister Bansi Lal.
He said the contiguous restructuring of the Panjab University Senate and Syndicate projected by the Centre has been kept successful abeyance, saying the Centre has nary intentions of going up with the restructuring and demanded that aboriginal elections to the Panjab University Senate beryllium declared arsenic the agitating students are suffering.
CM Mann besides projected changing the sanction of the SYL canal to YSL (Yamuna-Satluj Link) canal by diverting Yamuna waters to Punjab instead.
He said stream h2o agreements request to beryllium reviewed each 25 years arsenic neighbouring states person "made a gag of the waters issue", claiming that Punjab is suffering owed to the demands made by neighbouring states.
Mr. Mann besides called for desilting of the Pong dam and urged the neighbouring states and the Centre to stock the load of desilting.
