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A black law, says Haryana

By Our Special Correspondent

CHANDIGARH, JULY 14. The Haryana Cabinet, which met here this evening under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister, Om Prakash Chautala, took a serious note of the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act-2004 and described it as "a black law marking the nadir of legislative impropriety".

A resolution adopted by the Council of Ministers, has urged the Union Government to ensure that swift and firm executive, legislative and constitutional action is taken to prevent the "recurrence of such maverick attempts to subvert the Constitution and the economic and social fabric of the country".

Later talking to media persons, Mr. Chautala demanded that all nine Congress MPs of Haryana including the two Union Ministers hailing from the State -- Selja and Inderjit Singh -- should impress upon the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre to get the verdict of the Supreme Court implemented and in case the Centre did not pay any heed to them, they should quit.

He further said that Ms. Selja and Mr. Inderjit Singh should be the first to quit their offices and fight for the protection of the interests of the State.

He also called upon all political parties to rise above petty politics and fight for safeguarding the interests of the State. He asserted that the issue of construction of SYL canal was not confined to Haryana but was a national issue. He said that the Centre should direct the Punjab Government to follow the directions of the Supreme Court or take action against it. It was for the Governments to honour the commitments of their predecessor Governments.

When his attention was drawn towards some unpleasant incidents in some parts of the State in reaction to the Act, he said it was but natural for the people to react in such a situation.

He has appealed to the people not to be misled by the political gimmicks of the vested interests.

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