BJP-JJP, Congress MLAs come together for space in complex, meet Punjab governor
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BJP-JJP, Congress MLAs come together for space in complex, meet Punjab governor
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CHANDIGARH: Divided over the farm laws and other issues, legislators from the incumbent BJP-JJP alliance and the Congress joined hands to press for Haryana’s demand for legitimate share of space in the assembly complex. A delegation of BJP, JJP and Congress MLAs, led by chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and assembly speaker Gian Chand Gupta, on Friday met Punjab governor V P Singh Badnore at Punjab Raj Bhawan. Apart from Khattar and Gupta, Haryana leader of opposition Bhupinder Hooda, former speaker Raghuvir Singh Kadian and former CLP leader Kiran Choudhry were part of the delegation. Reiterating that Punjab was yet to give Haryana its rightful share of space in the common assembly complex, Haryana speaker Gian Chand Gupta on Wednesday asserted that they were not begging but claiming the state’s right. In August, Gupta had written to his Punjab counterpart to vacate 20 rooms so that Haryana could get is 40% space as provided for in the Punjab Reorganization Act of 1966. He had said the Haryana assembly was operating from only 27% of the space in assembly premises.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2020-11-07
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Chandigarh