‘Instead of meeting, Haryana govt should file contempt of court,’ says ex-CM Hooda-OxBig News Network

Ahead of the meeting slated for Tuesday (July 9, 2025), surrounding the construction of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal, the focal point of a water-sharing dispute between Haryana and Punjab, Congress leader and former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday said that the ruling BJP government should file a contempt of court case in the matter as holding a meeting on the SYL issue would not help in getting Haryana its rightful share in water.

He was reacting to the proposed meeting on SYL, which has been convened by the central government and would be chaired by Union Minister C.R. Patil, and Chief Ministers of Punjab and Haryana are likely to participate.

“The BJP government should now go beyond these meetings as the Supreme Court’s decision has come in favour of Haryana a long time ago. The apex court had given the responsibility of providing Haryana’s share of water to the central government. There is a BJP government both in Haryana and at the center. In such a situation, Haryana should have got its share of water by now,” he said here.

Hitting out at the Bharatiya Janata Party, Mr. Hooda said, “It’s due to BJP’s anti-Haryana attitude that Haryana has not got its rightful share of water. The government should directly file a contempt of court case,” he added.

He said the State government was wasting time by holding meetings on the issue of SYL, and instead, it should get the decision of the Supreme Court implemented, which is in favour of Haryana.