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NEWS ANALYSIS Scientific dairying to provide more jobs PM to open Science Cong HIGH COURT Five tailoring centres in one district |
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MC men end protest Nehra meets police
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NEWS ANALYSIS Karnal Contrary to the public postures of the top leadership about their unity, the party remains divided down the line in to various groups and sub-groups. It is a fact that the appointment of Mr Bhajan Lal as party chief and subsequent rallies organised under his leadership have boosted the sagging morale of ordinary Congressmen. The response of Haryanavis to these rallies has propelled ordinary Congressmen to popularise the party and ultimately try to dethrone the Chautala Government. Although, the rallies at Faridabad, Hisar, Sirsa, Yamunanagar, Sonepat, Kurukshetra and Rewari were confined to the town, yet these gatherings drew a fair sprinkling of rural folk. Mr Bhajan Lal and his supporters organised impressive shows where people from all castes participated. At rallies in Kurukshetra, Sirsa and Yamunanagar, members of the farming community, especially Jats, are reported to have participated in large numbers. However, a canard continues to be spread that Mr Bhajan Lal is unpopular among Jats. Undoubtedly, the absence of leaders like Mr Bhoopinder Singh Hooda, Mr Birender Singh, Mr Nirmal Singh and certain Jat MLAs seems to be working in unison to show that the elevation of Mr Bhajan Lal as party chief has not been taken very kindly by the dominant caste in the state. Whatever, the reasons given by them for their absence, a clear message has gone down that they are hesitant to work under Mr Bhajan Lal to strengthen the party at the grassroots. But again Congress leaders among Jats including Mr Shamsher Singh Surjewala, his son Randeep (president of the All India Youth Congress), ex-minister Tejinder Pal Mann and host of other Jat leaders have decided to cooperate with Mr Bhajan Lal. The neutral role played by Mr Surjewala and his son has been commendable as far as preaching the Congress ideology is concerned. Both of them have kept themselves above caste and creed whether it was the presidentship of Mr Hooda or that of Mr Bhajan Lal. Mr Surjewala has remained busy in making a name for himself among farmers under the banner of the Bharat Krishak Samaj. The role of Mr Ranjit Singh, a son of Mr Devi Lal, who organised the rally at Sirsa, and also Mr Ranbir Mahindra, a son of Mr Bansi Lal, has helped Mr Bhajan Lal to win Jats support. The change of attitude by Mr Dharan Vir, MLA (Tosham), who opposed Mr Bhajan Lal initially has further strengthened the latter to make inroads among Jat voters. An analysis of political incidents over the past two decades clearly shows that Mr Bhajan Lal has been systematically labelled as anti-Jat by his opponents. More so, because these leaders acutely realise that amongst the non-Jats, who constitute about 80 per cent of the state’s population, Mr Bhajan Lal is the only popular and acceptable choice. Therefore, an effort has been on to malign him through sustained propaganda among the Jats. On the other hand, if the track record of Mr Bhajan Lal to the community is considered during his three terms of Chief Ministership, he had invariably gone out of the way to please the dominant caste. During his last tenure, there were as many as nine Jat Ministers in his Cabinet. Besides, he retained Mr Dharampal Malik, a Jat leader from Sonepat, as HPCC chief for three terms. But sadly his services has not been fully appreciated or may be Mr Bhajan Lal kept only such Jat leaders whose public credibility was very low, in confidence. What Mr Bhajan Lal needs is to discard such leaders who enjoy a blemished image whether Jats or not. The HPCC chief while gloating over his new-found popularity needs to address fundamental problems facing the common man. The Congress party under his leadership should devote itself for cleaning the “mess” created by Mr Chautala, his ministers and party workers. The disenchantment against the Chautala Government amongst the employees, traders, the urban middle class, labourers and the salaried class is there for everyone to see. Even the farming community no longer looks upon him as a “messiah” he once was for redressal of their grievances. Despite, popular programmes like “Sarkar Apke Dwar”, ordinary people continue to face hostile bureaucrats in field offices while approaching them for a solution of their day-to-day problems. The new HPCC chief should also take steps to counteract the active INLD cells, which Mr Chautala has created over the years. Mr Bhajan Lal has to learn hard lessons about throwing away the deadwood from party ranks. The Congress needs to be invigorated with cadres having radical and fresh thinking on a solution of the people’s problems. Above all, he needs to shed his image as a politician who believes in “give and take deals”. His wide experience should be used in ending corruption from among party workers, strengthening unity amongst its cadres and in bridging the gap between the spoken word and deed before the challenges the leadership of Mr chautala. The top Congress leadership should also control their egos for the good of the party. |
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Scientific dairying to provide more jobs Karnal, October 12 This was stated by Dr N. Balaraman, Acting Director of the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), while speaking at a Uttaranchal state training programme on scientific dairying here today. The programme was organised at the NDRI under the Integrated Watershed Development Programme. Dr Balaraman said various technologies developed at this institute in different areas of dairy production and processing needed to be adopted for bringing faster socio-economic change in the rural areas as dairying had immense potential. Farmers from different districts of Uttaranchal were provided intensive training in animal feeding, breeding, health care and management by the scientists. The training coordinator of the programme, Mr Dalip K. Gosain, said various strategies for breed improvement and feeding dairy animals in the hilly regions were addressed during the training. The trainees were shown the elite herd of the institute and were also taken to different progressive dairy farms under village situations. Mr Gosain said the trainees were also shown the experimental dairy plant at the institute and small-scale dairy processing units in and around Karnal, so to acquaint them with the concepts of dairy processing at different scales. |
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PM to open Science Cong Kurukshetra, October 12 The congress would be inaugurated by the Prime Minister on January 3 at Bangalore University with Dr K. Kasturirangan, Chairman of the ISRO. As many as 6000 Indian and foreign scientists were expected to participate. A satellite like would be established to illustrate the benefits from research in the area of space which would be followed by a panel discussion. |
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, October 12 Pronouncing the orders, the Bench comprising Mr Justice
H.S. Bedi and Mr Justice Viney Mittal also quashed the orders whereby their claim for revised pay scale was rejected. The Judges added that the petitioners “would be entitled to arrears of pay for a period of 38 months preceding the date of decision on an earlier petition filed in the matter”. In their petition, constable computer operators, constable motor mechanics and constable draftsmen had claimed that action was not taken by the Haryana Government despite the passing of a general order on August 23, 1990, vide which it was decided to modify the pay scales of certain posts. After hearing the arguments in the case, the Judges observed: “We have given our thoughtful consideration to the entire matter and find that the plea raised by the petitioners, being meritorious, deserves to succeed. In fact, from a perusal of the orders, we find absolutely no reason to create any distinction or differentiation between the posts in other departments vis-a-vis the posts in the police department. We find that the instructions are of universal application. No distinction whatsoever on the basis of service in a particular department could be made by the state government. The aforesaid general order was applicable as well to the police department as to any other department of the state government”. |
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Five tailoring centres in one district Chandigarh, October 12 While stating this here today, a spokesman for the Sports and Youth Welfare Department said that a sum of Rs 2.37 lakh had been sanctioned for this purpose. He said that the training centres would be operational for a period of five months (October to March). He said that women, who were in the age group of 20 to 35 years could apply for the post of instructor. The selection committee, headed by a Deputy Commissioner, could grant relaxation up to five years in the upper age limit, the spokesman said. The spokesman said that if diploma holder candidates were not available, candidates having training in cutting, tailoring,
embroidery etc, from a government or non-government institution and three years coaching experience would be recruited. |
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MC men end protest Ambala, October 12 A Congress councillor, Mr Mohinder Tanwar, and the husband of a woman councillor, Mr Davender Marwaha, had demanded a copy of the site plan of a building coming up on the Ambala Hisar road near Agarsen Chowk from the building inspector yesterday. The inspector refused to issue it without the permission of the Executive Officer, which caused an altercation between the two parties. The Congress councillor and Mr Marwaha also alleged that the inspector had misbehaved with them. They denied having threatened him in any manner. Today the employees gathered in the council lawns to protest against the incident. In a complaint to the Executive Officer, they alleged that the councillor, and the other man had threatened the inspector. The Executive Officer forwarded copies of the complaint to the Director Local bodies, the Deputy Commissioner and the Superintendent of Police. After the intervention of the president of the council, Mr Rajinder
Guddu, the employees returned to office. Later, at a meeting between the union leaders and the council administration, the issue was resolved and it was decided that guidelines would be given for future conduct in the council office. |
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Nehra meets police
chief Sirsa, October 12 Mr Nehra told the district police chief, Mr Sanjay Kumar, that the Congress leader Baldev Singh had been arrested allegedly for opium smuggling on August 25. Following a protest by Congress, he was released. But within days another case was registered against him. Regarding the case of opium smuggling against Baldev Singh, Mr Kumar said a DSP, headquarters, was
inquiring into it. |
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