Incidentally Bhajan Lal was the chief minister of Haryana when the controversial agreement was signed between Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, New Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. With fingers being pointed towards Bhajan Lal for the water accord, the former CM had faced the ire of the fellow Congressmen when the issue came up for discussion in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha last year

The meeting, held at the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, lasted for one and half hours. Among those present were Dr Raghubir Singh Kadian, Shamsher Singh Surjewala, Finance Minister Birender Singh, Irrigation Minister and Member Secretary of the Committee, Capt Ajay Singh Yadav, BJP leader of the House, Ram Kumar Gautam, Sukhbir Singh of NCP, Arjun Singh of BSP and Radhe Shyam Sharma, an Independent member. The committee is also seeking legal opinion on the issue. It was decided to hold the next meeting of the committee on January 28, said Phool Chand Mullana, Haryana Congress president, while talking to The Indian Express.

Bhajan Lal, who is touring the US reportedly along with his son and rebel Congress MP Kuldeep Bishnoi, did not attend the Vidhan Sabha committee meeting. INLD MLA Rekha Rana too was absent. Last year Ajay Singh Chautala, Rajya Sabha MP and general secretary of the INLD had accused the state government of indulging in politics on the Yamuna Accord of 1994.

He had flayed the manner in which the committee had been formed without consultation with the Opposition parties.