{"id":62200,"date":"2026-03-19T19:53:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?p=62200"},"modified":"2026-03-19T21:19:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:49:37","slug":"why-are-opposition-leaders-silent-on-1-44-lakh-crore-dues-owed-by-rajasthan-govt-to-punjab-under-water-agreement-baltej-pannu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/punjab\/why-are-opposition-leaders-silent-on-1-44-lakh-crore-dues-owed-by-rajasthan-govt-to-punjab-under-water-agreement-baltej-pannu\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Are Opposition Leaders Silent on 1.44 Lakh Crore Dues Owed by Rajasthan Govt to Punjab Under Water Agreement: Baltej Pannu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In Just 4 Years, Bhagwant Mann Govt Revived Punjab That Traditional Parties Had Pushed to Brink of Barren Ruin: Baltej Pannu<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Chandigarh News:<\/span> Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab State Media In-charge and General Secretary Baltej Pannu on Thursday questioned the deafening silence of Congress, Akali Dal, and BJP leaders after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann placed evidence-backed facts showing that Rajasthan owes Punjab \u20b91.44 lakh crore under the 1920 water agreement. He said that for decades, parties that ruled Punjab compromised its rights and today have no answers as the truth stands exposed before the people.<\/p>\n<p>AAP Punjab Media In-charge Baltej Pannu said, \u201cEver since Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann presented evidence-backed facts that under the 1920 agreement, Rajasthan owes Punjab \u20b91.44 lakh crore in lieu of water received since 1960, why have leaders of Congress, Akali Dal, and BJP, who ruled for 70 years, are silent on this matter? These parties have no answers to the questions being asked by the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Targeting BJP Punjab President Sunil Jakhar, he stated, \u201cJakhar Sahib, the same leaders who were once in Congress with you are now sitting with you in BJP, those who carried \u2018golden and silver tools\u2019 to dig canals through Punjab\u2019s chest and divert its waters to other states. Why are you silent on those betrayals today? The people of Punjab understand the meaning of your silence very well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further stated that the same traditional parties that had pushed Punjab to the brink of becoming barren have been countered by the Bhagwant Mann government, which has revived the state within just four years. \u201cWhile earlier only 22% canal water reached the fields, today, due to the efforts of the Mann government, that figure has increased to 78%. Not only this, canals and distributaries that were buried by previous governments in collusion with the land mafia are now being revived. The restoration of the buried \u2018Lambi Canal\u2019 stands as a living example of this,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Baltej Pannu added, \u201cOpposition parties and leaders are troubled by new developments because their old conspiracies and betrayals buried beneath the soil have now come to light. Those who looted and exploited Punjab for 70 years and sold its rights to other states have now been exposed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reaffirming the commitment of the AAP Government, he said, \u201cAs long as CM Bhagwant Singh Mann is in office, every single penny and every right of Punjab will remain fully protected.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Just 4 Years, Bhagwant Mann Govt Revived Punjab That Traditional Parties Had Pushed to Brink of Barren Ruin: Baltej Pannu Chandigarh News: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab State Media In-charge and General Secretary Baltej Pannu on Thursday questioned the deafening silence of Congress, Akali Dal, and BJP leaders after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":61192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,37,21,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-national","category-political-news","category-punjab"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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