Chandigarh, Oct 11 (IANS): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday dared the state BJP chief Sunil Jakhar, Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal and Congress leaders Partap Singh Bajwa and Amarinder Singh Raja Warring to not forget the "sins" of their ancestors before "shedding crocodile tears" on issue of Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) canal.

The Chief Minister assailed these leaders for indulging in "theatricals to mislead" the people of the state. He said it is a well- known fact that ancestors of these leaders have "sown thorns" before Punjab and its younger generations by indulging in this "unpardonable crime" of constructing the SYL canal.

Mann said for the sake of their "vested" interests these "selfish" political leaders had agreed, planned and executed the construction of the canal.

The Chief Minister said everyone knows that former Union Minister Balram Jakhar (father of Sunil Jakhar) along with Capt Amarinder Singh accompanied the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to perform the groundbreaking ceremony of the SYL at Kapuri.

Similarly, he said former Haryana Chief Minister Chaudhary Devi Lal had hailed his then counterpart in Punjab, Parkash Singh Badal, for allowing the survey of the canal.

Mann the hands of these "leaders are drenched with this crime against the state and history will never forgive them for backstabbing Punjab".

The Chief Minister categorically asked Sukhbir Badal to bring the papers of Oberoi Hotel in Gurugram before coming to debate on November 1.

He unequivocally "dared" these leaders to bring along with them the papers of settlement which their parents had signed for the sake of "power wielding chairs" by deceiving the state and its people.

Mann said this will give a clear picture to the residents of the state as to how they were "betrayed" in the name of making sacrifices.