The BJP-led Centre has cancelled the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Gang Canal, which carries water from Punjab to parts of Rajasthan, scheduled for Friday.

The decision follows opposition to the event and concerns over potential law-and-order issues and rising political tensions.

The Gang Canal marks its centenary on December 5, commemorating 100 years since it began channeling water from the Sutlej near Hussainiwala in Ferozepur, Punjab, to Bikaner in Rajasthan.

Union Minister of Law and Justice and Bikaner MP Arjun Ram Meghwal, who was to preside over the function, reached Amritsar by plane on Thursday evening and was en route to Ferozepur when the Prime Minister’s Office asked him to return, sources said.

Sources in the BJP and Punjab Police revealed that the celebrati

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