Political parties in Haryana, Punjab are once again raising pitch over the contentious Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal water issue.

While immediately after taking oath as Punjab Chief Minister on March 19 Captain Amarinder Singh made it clear that the state has no extra water to share with others, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced to lead an all party delegation to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on March 24.

Leaders of all political parties, from Haryana have been invited by the government for a preliminary discussion at Delhi before proceeding to meet the Union Home Minister to take the SYL issue.

However, Khattar's decision of leading all party delegation has kicked political controversy with parties in opposition alleging that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state led by Khattar has failed to fix an appointment with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi while the neighboring Punjab CM succeeded in meeting Modi on Wednesday.

Taking a dig at Khattar government, Haryana's leading opposition party the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) on Thursday said that failing to get time from the Prime Minister, now the Khattar government fix an appointment with the Union Home Minister.

Leader of Opposition and senior INLD leader Abhay Singh Chautala said, "From the very beginning INLD is fighting for Haryana's legitimate share from the SYL water while the ruling BJP always says the matter is sub judice, it is sub judice, then why the state government is fixing meeting with the Centre."

Chautala further stated that his party leaders would go to meet Rajnath Singh but not as a part of the delegation.

We would directly go to Rajnath Singh's office and raise the issue, but if nothing happen on this issue in coming days the INLD would go for indefinite agitation at Jantar-Mantar from April 6 until the digging of the SYL canal is accomplished, he added.

On the other hand, Finance Minister Captain Abhimanyu refuted the INLD's claims, saying that Union Home Ministry has a vital role to play to accomplish digging of the canal.  

Recently, after joining Captain Amarinder led Congress government in Punjab, as Irrigation and Power Minister Rana Gurjit Singh has also said that their government would save the state's water.

Earlier, a political storm was witnessed in both of the states when the Supreme Court on November 10 last year, held as unconstitutional the 2004 Punjab Termination of Agreements Act passed by the Punjab State Legislative Assembly to terminate the SYL canal water sharing agreement with Haryana.