Anandpur Sahib, November 23
PunjabFinance Minister and senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema, on Sunday delivered a powerful condemnation of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) attempt to strip Punjab of its rights over Chandigarh.
Addressinga press conference in Anandpur Sahib, Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema firmly asserted that only Punjab possesses the rightful claim to Chandigarh, a city built by displacing 24 villages of the state. He warned that any move by the BJP to snatch Chandigarh would be met with a two-pronged resistance: a legal struggle by the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, and a resolute struggle by the Aam Aadmi Party alongside the three crore people of Punjab, extending from the road to the Parliament.