Chandigarh to remain UT, MCC says
Chandigarh, April 7 : Days after Punjab and Haryana convened special Assembly sessions to stake their claim to Chandigarh, the M cipal Corporation of Chandigarh on Thursday passed a resolution stating that it should remains a on Territory (UT) and sought an Assembly for the city. Only BJP councillors were present when the resolution was passed in a special House meeting as Congress, AAP and SAD councillors walked out. A resolution was passed by the House urging the Central government to ask Punjab and Haryana to have their own capital cities. At present, Chandigarh is the capital of both the states. Mayor Sarabjit Kaur Dhillon said: “The two states have called special sessions with their claims to Chandigarh. However, Chandigarh residents were not heard on what they wanted. We called the meeting so that elected representatives were heard.” The House thanked on Home Minister Amit Shah for allotting projects worth around Rs 600 crore to Chandigarh and for bringing Central service rules for the UT employees. The Aam Aadmi Party rules Punjab and a BJP-JJP coalition governs Haryana. DB MR
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