Reiterating the old pending demand of Haryana yet to get its share in the shared assembly building, Haryana speaker Gian Chand Gupta on Wednesday asserted that he is not begging but claiming the state’s right.

Gupta made the claim citing provisions of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, which, he said, provides for 40% of the space in the assembly building to the Haryana, which, however, has got only 27% of the space till now. At least 20 rooms of the Haryana share in assembly building is in the possession of Punjab, he added.

“We are not begging, but demanding only our rightful share. We are asking for what is our rightful share in the assembly building,” Gupta said.

Punjab assembly speaker Rana KP Singh, however, had earlier claimed that “not an inch was due” to Haryana in the assembly building.

Gupta said he would urge Punjab governor VP Singh Badnore to intervene in the issue. “Fifty-three years have passed since Haryana was carved out of Punjab. We are only asking for our due share in the assembly building in Chandigarh (which serves as the common capital of both the states,” he said.

Since Haryana came into existence on November 1, 1966, both states are having common buildings for their secretariats and assemblies besides having a common high court.

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