SYL canal issue: INLD boycotts all-party delegation

CHANDIGARH: Refusing to join Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's all-party delegation, the Indian Lok Dal (INLD) has announced that it would meet the Union Home Minister on the Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal issue separately. Leader of Opposition Abhay Chautala and state INLD president Ashok Arora said they had decided not to be a part of the all-party delegation since the government didn't seem serious about the issue. “We will apprise the Union Home Minister of the latest situation and urge him to get us an appointment from the Prime Minister. Also, we will put forth our demand of appointing a Central agency to dig up the SYL canal,” Abhay said. He maintained that the government was only trying to “put up a show” of action by leading an all-party delegation.