Chandigarh: In a sudden development, Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla on Saturday called on Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini at the latter’s residence. The visit gained significance as Haryana assembly speaker Harvinder Kalyan was also present.
Sources said Birla spent around one hour with Saini and Kalyan before proceeding to the governor house.
Officials in the CMO maintained that it was a private visit.
However, the sources privy to the development linked Birla’s visit to the allocation of land to Haryana assembly in Chandigarh for setting up of new Vidhan Sabha premises.
The issue has triggered a debate between neighboring states of Punjab and Haryana. While Punjab is opposing allocation of land to Haryana, the latter is going ahead fulfilling the necessary formalities for the proposed new assembly complex project on 10 acres of land in the Manimajra revenue area of Chandigarh.