Chandigarh Feb 28 PTI Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana K P Singh on Monday met Governor Banwarilal Purohit and said the recent change in rules for the selection of two members of the Bhakra Beas Management Board BBMB would be detrimental to the interests of Punjab and Haryana Singh submitted a memorandum to the governor on the issue and requested him to take up it with the Centre The change in rules has started a controversy with several political leaders in Punjab strongly opposing the Centres move The BJP alleged a deliberate attempt by some leaders to create confusion on the matter The BBMB which is a statutory body under the Punjab Reorganisation Act-1966 and manages the water resources of Sutlej and Beas has a whole-time chairman and two members of irrigation and power According to convention the member power is always from Punjab and the member irrigation is from Haryana They are selected from a panel of senior engineers But now the change in rules for selection allows anyone to apply for these posts Shiromani Akali Dal Sanyukt chief Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa on Monday left for Delhi to meet Union Home minister Amit Shah to discuss the issue Dhindsa said the decision to abolish the representation of Punjab from the BBMB would weaken the federal structure of the country and hence the Union government should immediately reverse its decision Punjab is already not getting an adequate supply of water and this discrimination has been continuously going on since the formation of Punjab Dhindsa said in a statement BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh hit out at the Congress and the Akali leaders for their misleading statements on the working of the BBMB In a statement Chugh said There was a deliberate attempt by some political leaders to create confusion and arouse public sentiments against the Centre The canard being spread by the Congress has been exposed with the BBMB stating that there is no attempt to change the already existing system to give due representation to Punjab and Haryana the BJP leader said PTI CHS VSD SMN SMN