Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring today reacted sharply to the Supreme Court's order of conducting a survey in Punjab of the land meant for construction of the SYL canal, saying that Punjab has no surplus water to share, so no question of conducting a survey arises. In a statement released here the PPCC President said, "While we respect and honour the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, we vehemently oppose it's today's order directing the Centre Government to conduct a survey of the land meant for construction of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal in Punjab. Once the land of five rivers, Punjab's water has drastically been drained and our underground water is also on the verge of depletion, so there is no question of sharing our water with any state."
Accusing the AAM Aadmi Party of weakening Punjab's case Raja Warring said, "The Aam Aadmi Party has had a vested interest in this case from the start, it's Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Gupta had given a statement that our government has been formed in Punjab, and now we will form SYL & deliver water to every farm in Haryana. Not only that their Supremo Arvind Kejriwal had made the same statements during campaigning in Haryana. He further said, "It's been very clear from the start that the Aam Aadmi Party is planning to gain a foothold in Northern India through this issue and that's why the AAP Punjab Government is befooling the People of Punjab by presenting a weak case in front of the Supreme Court."
The Gidderbaha MLA further warned, "This is not an issue of mere construction of a canal, a lot of emotions of the Punjabis are connected with this issue, due to which there was a dispute in Punjab earlier also and the situation worsened. Punjab has faced a dark period due to the SYL issue and I warn the AAM Aadmi Party and all the other players involved to not play with emotions of Punjab, as escalation of this issue may take Punjab back to the black days of past." Commenting on the order of survey Warring said, "The Harayana Government has conducted the survey and completed it's side of construction because they need the water, but we have no water to spare so no question of conducting a survey in Punjab should arise."