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FATEHABAD BYPOLL
Chautala promoting family: Bansi Lal Suraj Bhan “open to joining active politics”
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| Rasam Pagri with a difference Sirsa, May 11 A family of Kalanwali subdivision of the district found a unique way to pay tributes to the dead. Twentyseven members of the family donated blood on the occasion of Rasam Pagri of Seth Babu Ram Garg. Woman
succumbs to burns
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FATEHABAD BYPOLL Fatehabad, May 11 The ruling Indian National Lok Dal is leading in the
matter of participation of women in campaigning for the byelection. A
big contingent of women party workers has been camping here ever since
the party launched its poll campaign. Since the INLD has fielded a
woman in Mrs Swatantra Bala Chowdhary it has encouraged women workers
of the party to come forward in good numbers to participate in the
election campaign. Mrs Kailasho Saini, Member of Parliament from
Kurukshetra and president of the women wing of the INLD has been
leading an all women group of workers to villages of the constituency.
Mrs Sudesh Chowdhary, general secretary of the women wing, Mrs Bimla
Sangwan, chairperson of the Haryana Mahila Kalyan Nigam, Mrs Rozy
Mehtani and INLD nominee Mrs Swatantra Bala Chowdhary have been
campaigning with women in villages and Fatehabad town. Their campaign
is in addition to the usual campaign led by Mr Abhey Singh Chautala.
Besides these, a number of women workers like Mrs Krishana Punia,
president of the district unit of the women wing, Mrs Suman Siwatch, a
Zila Parishad member, Mrs Kailo Devi, president of the Zila Parishad,
Mrs Sheela Wanti Tuteja, president of the local Municipal Committee
and a number of state-level leaders of the party have been assigned
villages and wards of the constituency for campaigning. The Congress
is also not behind in the matter of campaigning by women. Mrs Malagiri
Devi, wife of the Congress nominee Mr Dura Ram has been campaigning
for her husband ever since he entered the poll fray. Besides her, some
other women workers of the party like Mrs Indira Bishnoi, Mrs Bimla
Rohz, and Ms Kiran Saini, Ms Sumitra Chowhan and Ms Gayatri Kedia have
also been campaigning for the Congress nominee. Mrs Anita Yadav, an
MLA and president of the women wing of the Congress has also been
camping in the town. For the Haryana Vikas Party, several teams of
women workers have been on door-to-door campaign for the party nominee
Mr Prahlad Singh Gillankhera. Mrs Suchitra Gillankhera, wife of the
HVP candidate is approaching voters for the victory of her husband.
Mrs Laj Wanti Srivastava, president of the women wing of the HVP, Mrs
Usha Ahlawat, Mrs Daya Wanti Varma, Mrs Yashwanti Chowdhary, Mrs Bimla
Kularia, Mrs Parwinder Kaur and Mrs Chand Kaur have also been
campaigning for Mr Gillankhera. Mrs Jagmati Sangwan, president of
the Haryana unit of the All-India Democratic Women Association (AIDWA)
has been leading women campaigning for the CPM nominee Mr Krishan
Swaroop. Mrs Sheela, Mrs Vidhya Devi and Mrs Anita Kranti, all AIDWA
leaders and Ms Seema Siwatch, Ms Lakhbir Kaur, Ms Indu Bala and
Manjit, all Student Federation of India (SFI) activists have been
campaigning for the CPM candidate. The CPM, meanwhile, has complained
to the Chief Election Commissioner that the ruling INLD has been
violating the code of conduct by using official machinery besides
intimidation of voters by the MLAs and MPs. Mr Inderjit Singh, state
secretary of the CPM has handed over a copy of the complaint to the
election observers. The INLD campaign got a fillip today as a former
block Congress president Dr Vinod Batra announced his support to its
nominee Mrs Chowdhary. Mr Joginder Rana and Mr Atma Ram, of the HVP
also announced to join the INLD. The HVP MLA, Mr Ram Kishan Fauji,
meanwhile, alleged that their workers were being intimidated and false
cases being registered against them at the behest of ruling party. He
alleged that the police had booked Pappu, a son of former minister Ram
Swaroop Rama for political reasons. The INLD however, denied the
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Chautala promoting family: Bansi Lal
Fatehabad, May 11 Urging the electorate to vote for his party candidate Parlahad Singh Gillkhera, he said that this was an opportune time to show doors to the Chautala government for it’s complete failure on all fronts. He alleged that the law and order machinery in the state had totally collapsed. Mr Bansi Lal promised that if voted to power, his government would withdraw value added tax (VAT) and house tax imposed by the Chautala regime. PTI
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Suraj Bhan “open to joining active politics” Ambala, May 11 Talking to The Tribune, Dr Suraj Bhan observed that after having served as the Governor, it would be desirable to pursue non-controversial aspects. “There are a host of issues which I would like to pursue. The issues include farmers concerns, the SC/ BC issue and education,” he said. Dr Suraj Bhan, who has been the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and has held the dual charge of Bihar, said he would accept any responsibility which is given to him by the party high command. “The party will decide for me,” he said. He has been an MP from Ambala four times. “I have never changed my constituency and also I have never changed my party,” he stated. Dr Suraj Bhan pointed out that whether he was in active politics or not, a major issue which he felt could significantly improve the plight of the economically weaker sections was of wasteland distribution. “According to the Wasteland India Atlas 2000, there is 45 crore acres of wasteland in the country. But, about 10 crore acres is not wasteland but wasted land. There is land along the railway lines, national and state highways and also degraded forests. The land which can be put to use is about 20 crore acres,” he said. He stated that if the waste land was distributed, it would benefit about 4 crore families. “About 20-22 crore people will benefit from the exercise. Today, land has become a symbol of status and there is unemployment among the uneducated. Land is a state subject but when an effort can be made to link the rivers, then definitely a coordinated effort can be made towards distributing the waste land,” he said. Dr Suraj Bhan stated that in his opinion, the issue of land distribution was more important than that of reservation. “I believe that economic parameters should be adopted for distributing the wasted land. This will benefit the society on the whole and it will be non-controversial,” he said. He opined that education was also an important issue which needed to be paid close attention. “It has been observed that teachers of government schools send their children to public schools. It would eventually become that the only the poor children are going to government schools. I feel that the quality of education imparted in the government schools should be improved,” he said. Dr Suraj Bhan said that he had a good tenure as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh. “Himachal Pradesh is a peaceful state and the people are peace-loving,” he stated. |
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Hooda’s charge Chandigarh, May 11 The late Mr Yadav was the father of the Deputy Leader of the
Haryana Congress Legislature Party (HCLP), Capt Ajay Singh, who has
been representing Rewari in the Assembly for the past several terms.
Claiming that the Rewari civic body had approved the installation of
the statue, Mr Hooda said the Haryana Governor, Babu Parmanand, was
scheduled to inaugurate the statue on May 27. He alleged that Chief
Minister Om Prakash Chautala was not happy over the decision of Capt
Ajay Singh get his father’s statue unveiled by the Governor.
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Rasam Pagri with a difference Sirsa, May 11 According to the information received yesterday, Garg, a resident of Kalanwali, had passed away after he suffered a cardiac arrest on April 26. The enlightened members of the family donated his eyes to bring light into the lives of others. Going a step further, they set an example for others by performing Rasam Pagri of their dear departed by donating blood to give life to others. Twentyseven members of Garg’s family donated their blood as a mark of homage to him. The blood camp was organised with the help of Bharat Vikas Parishad and the local Shiv Shakti Blood Bank. |
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Woman succumbs
to burns Ambala, May 11 According to information the deceased Parveen alias Babli was married to Manphool around six years ago. Parveen belongs to Bagwali village in Panchkula. Manphool is employed with the BSF and had come to the village a few days ago on leave to get his house repaired. It was not known whether Parveen set herself on fire. Manphool,
however, told the police that Parveen herself set her on fire and when
he tried to save her he sustained minor burn injuries.
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