Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday demanded that Chandigarh be made the capital solely of Punjab, rather being a union territory and the capital of both Punjab and Haryana.
Participating in a debate on Union Budget in the Lok Sabha, Sukhbir said remittance of all resources and revenues collected from the union territory should be paid to Punjab, besides payment of a royalty to the state for the use of its water resources. Stating that capital cities were force multipliers, Badal said the amount of revenue a state capital could generate was phenomenal.