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| Tuesday, July 11, 2000, Chandigarh, India   
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BJP
dissatisfied with INLD rule: Kataria Clarification on house tax sought Cong rally against price rise Panchayat locks up ‘fail
school’ |
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Panipat tops in tax
collection Two vacancies filled Ban on filling posts of lecturer
goes Hike in conveyance allowance for
blind
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BJP dissatisfied with INLD
rule: Kataria SONEPAT, July 10 — Mr Rattan Lal Kataria, MP and chief of the Haryana BJP, said here yesterday that the party was not satisfied with the functioning of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) Government led by Mr Om Parkash Chautala as it was taking important decisions without taking the BJP into its confidence. Talking to mediapersons here, he said BJP leaders were getting information about the decisions from newspapers and this had caused resentment among party workers. They were pressing the leadership to withdraw support to the Chautala Government. He disclosed that the leadership was keeping a close watch on the situation and it would take a decision in this regard at an appropriate time. Mr Kataria also asked Mr Chautala to remember that earlier the BJP had withdrawn its support from the Bansi Lal Government. He maintained that the BJP was a partner of the INLD Government but it was a wrong policy that the INLD Government should take decisions on its own without consulting the BJP. He suggested that a coordination committee should be set up. He, however, warned that the BJP would not tolerate any attempt to tarnish its image. Criticising the imposition of taxes, Mr Kataria alleged that industrialists had started shifting their units to other states and this had affected the economy of the state. He also opposed the move to re-introduce octroi and said this move was being opposed by traders and shopkeepers everywhere in the state. He admitted that there was a power crisis and consumers were badly affected. The State Government, he said, should take steps to overcome the crisis by purchasing power from other states. Referring to the delay
in the construction of the SYL canal in the Punjab
territory, the BJP leader stated he would take up the
matter with the Prime Minister for its early solution. |
Clarification on house tax sought GURGAON, July 10 — A former MLA and senior Congress leader of Haryana, Mr Dharamvir Gabba, yesterday asked the INLD government to give full details on its proposal to restructure the house tax. In a statement here today the Congress leader also sought clarification from the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, whether his government would levy the house tax under another head as it had reportedly shelved the introduction of a new formula for assessing the house tax in the municipal towns. This was imperative in the context of wide-ranging apprehension among the masses, he added. Mr Gabba, who represented Gurgaon thrice in the Haryana Assembly, criticised the INLD government for taking policy decisions which aimed at driving a wedge between the rural and urban population of the state. The proposal for introducing a new formula for assessing the house tax was one such move keeping electoral politics in view by the ruling party. The Congress would oppose all such moves. He charged the state government of going in for mindless imposition of new taxes and increasing the present ones without taking the ground realities in view. Also, the democratic norms were given a go by as the ruling party was unilaterally tampering with the taxes without taking the opposition parties into confidence. According to him, reports suggest that the government was thinking of increasing the tariff rate. He wondered why the government was making such moves without improving the power supply. The government appeared to be deliberately oblivious of improving the basic amenities to the people. There were areas in Gurgaon which did not receive water for a number of days at a stretch during the last summer. The problem continues in a number of colonies, he added. He was also critical of the government on the law and order front. The occurrence of crime had increased in the state, particularly in Gurgaon, in the past few days. Referring to the recent statements of the Deputy Speaker of the state Assembly, Mr Gopi Chand Gehlot, in which several claims of development in the state were made, Mr Gabba said he was misleading the public. Incidentally, Mr Gehlot had defeated Mr Gabba in the last Assembly election in Gurgaon. The Congress leader said instead of making tall claims and writing letters to the Chief Minster on various issues, Mr Gehlot should publicly confess that the present government had failed on all fronts. The Congress leader
demanded that the government should start law classes in
Gurgaon. |
Cong rally against price rise JIND, July 10 — Congress activists of the district today marched in the procession and held a demonstration to protest against the alleged anti-people policies of the Haryana Government, rising prices, ‘shortage’ of water and electricity and ‘deteriorating’ law and order situation in the state. Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, President, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, Mr Birender Singh, former Haryana Congress chief, Mr Jai Prakash, former Union Deputy Minister and Congress MLA, Mr Sher Singh, Congress MLA, Mr Karambir Saini, Joint Secretary, HPCC and Mr Parmender Singh Dhull, President, District Congress Committee, were among those who took part in the demonstration. After the procession, the Congress activists gathered on the premises of the district courts and organised a public meeting. Speaking at the meeting, Mr Hooda, while referring to the anti-people policies, of the Chautala government said no section of the society was satisfied with his government’s performance. Mr Chautala came to power by making attractive promises to the people contrary to his election promises, Mr Hooda alleged. He further alleged that the Chautala government was fabricating false cases against his adversaries with a feeling of revenge. He said the cases registered against Mr Randeep Singh Surjewala, President of the All-India Youth Congress, and Mr Anand Singh Dangi, a senior leader of the party, were motivated by a feeling of political revenge. He said the Chautala government had registered false cases against the BKU leaders on the basis of wrong allegations of instigating the farmers not to pay the pending electricity bills. Mr Hooda said before coming to power, Mr Chautala talked of completing the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal soon but after assuming power, he had put the matter into cold store. He said the government
was following a policy of discrimination in the matter of
the distribution of the canal water. |
Panchayat locks up ‘fail
school’ REWARI, July 10 — Village panchayat officials, accompanied by residents of Majra Sheoraj village, locked the main gate of the local Government Girls’ Senior Secondary School this morning to register their protest against the dismal matric exam result of the school this year and the ‘‘undesirable activities’’ of its teaching staff. They also organised a dharna outside the gate. Mr R.P. Yadav, District Education Officer, arrived at the school and met the irate panchayat members who told him that the Principal was frequently absent from duty and this adversely affected the functioning of the school. This also led to degeneration and showed up in poor results in various examinations. They demanded immediate transfer of the principal and of a dozen other teachers to tone up the school functioning. They also sought reintroduction of the single-shift system and admission of only girls in senior classes. The DEO gave them a patient hearing and assured them that he would seek redressal of their grievances. Following his assurance,
the panchayat unlocked the main gate of the school at
about 1.30 p.m. |
Defer revision of house tax :
BJP ROHTAK, July 10— The Haryana unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has asked the state government to realise house tax on old rates only and to defer its proposal to revise the house tax rates. In a statement, a party spokesman, Mr Pradip Jain, said that the BJP had always favoured a rational and simplified structure of house tax, based on consultation and suggestion from various quarters, before taking any final decision. He, however, welcomed
the reported decision of the Chautala Government to defer
the proposed implementation of new scheme of house tax in
the state. He demanded that the government should realise
house tax on old rates, which had been kept aside at
present. |
Panipat tops in tax collection PANIPAT, July 10— The Excise and Taxation Department, Panipat, has topped in the state in tax collection. The department has earned revenue to the tune of Rs 112.39 crore during the first quarter from April 1 to June 30 this year, according to the Deputy Commissioner, Mr M.R. Anand. He said the department had collected over Rs 58.49 crore by way of sales tax, passenger tax and entertainment tax during June this year is against over Rs 29.03 crore during the corresponding period last year. The department had registered an increase of 102 per cent in the revenue receipt, he added. The Deputy Commissioner
disclosed that over Rs 4.26 lakh had been recovered as
penalty under sales tax. |
Two vacancies filled PANIPAT, July 10 — Out of three vacancies for the posts of anaesthetist, radiologist and psychiatrist in the Civil Hospital, two have been filled. The vacancies had been highlighted in these columns earlier. The two vacancies that
have been filled are of anaesthetist and radiologist. The
vacancy of psychiatrist has not been filled so far. The
Medical Superintendent has written to the administration
in this connection. |
Ban on filling posts of
lecturer goes CHANDIGARH, July 10 — The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, today announced the lifting of the ban on the filling of vacancies of lecturer and principal in government colleges in the interest of students. A press note issued by the government said posts of school teacher and principal had already been exempted from this ban. The posts of lecturer
and principal would be filled during the academic session
beginning this month. |
Hike in conveyance allowance
for blind CHANDIGARH, July 10— The Haryana Government today decided to enhance the conveyance allowance paid to blind and orthopaedically handicapped employees from August 1,1999. Mr Sampat Singh Finance
Minister said now the allowance would be given at the
rate of 5 per cent of the basic pay subject to a maximum
of Rs 250 per month. This allowance was earlier Rs 150
per month. |
Haryana SAS exams CHANDIGARH, July
10—The Secretary of the Haryana Central Committee of
Examinations said today that the Haryana SAS Part I and
Part II (OBLLAD) examination would be held from August 7
to 11 at Lajpat Rai Bhavan in Chandigarh. |
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