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June 8, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Chautala govt harassing farmers: Bhajan Statement of
Bhajan, Dalal recorded MLA promises development for all Heatwave hits cotton crop Villagers marry off poor girl |
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Family robbed of car, valuables Bhaniarawala sees
conspiracy Woman kills son, commits suicide HIGH COURT Offices found closed Case against Nain: hearing adjourned
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Chautala govt harassing farmers: Bhajan Hisar, June 7 Mr Bhajan Lal, addressing a news conference here, said Mr Chautala who, when out of power, had been stressing upon farmers not to pay electricity bills as on coming to power he would supply power free of charge, had now backed out of his promise. Mr Bhajan Lal, taking strong exception to the “Bhvishya Pehchan Rally” organised by some of his detractors at Kaithal today, said neither he nor AICC general secretary Nawal Kishore Sharma had attended it. I received an invitation from Mr Jai Prakash (MLA), mentioning himself as the organiser of the rally. “Who appointed him the organiser?” he asked, adding: “Neither I nor Mr Naval Kishore Sharma are participating in this rally”. He declared: “Such meetings will be banned in future”. The firebrand lone RPI MLA and former
minister Karan Dalal was also present at the press conference. When asked whether he was joining the Congress, Mr Bhajan Lal quipped: The Congress will welcome such a bold and righteous leader if he opts to join us. The party will become stronger with him.” In reply to a question, he said if the Haryana Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), which was agitating over the continued arrest of its leader Ghasi Ram Nain, invited him to the Kandela (Jind) rally, he would definitely participate. The Chautala government, he said, was registering false cases of sedition against farmers, including Mr Nain. “It is Mr Chautala who always duped the farmers by inciting them in the first instance and then implicating them in sabotage cases,” he said. He said the party’s Kurukshetra meeting on June 9 would be followed by a block-level function at Sonepat on June 10 to implement the programme to
rejuvenate the Congress at the grassroots, as directed by the Congress President during a convention in March. He said after the present spell of heat, the Congress in Haryana would organise a “Jail Bharo Andolan” on the issue of SYL canal. Commenting on the outcome of Fatehabad byelection result last month, in which the Congress candidate lost by about 7,500 votes, Mr Bhajan Lal said: the result has shaken the Chautala government even though it retained the seat. “This is no win for a ruling party, which had won the seat in February 2000 elections by over 21,000 votes. “We have won even in our defeat, as the Congress vote bank has swelled by 15,000 more votes,” he asserted.
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Statement of Bhajan, Dalal recorded Fatehabad, June 7 The DSP recorded the statements of the three at the local PWD Rest House. Mr Bhajan Lal then proceeded to Bhodia Khera village to mourn the death of his sister-in-law. Mr Bhajan Lal refused to comment on the issue. The DSP, however, confirmed that he had recorded the statements of the three today. The police had registered a criminal case against Mr Bhajan Lal, Mr Karan Singh Dalal, Mr Makhan Lal and six or seven National Security Guard commandos posted on the security duty of Mr Bhajan Lal for threatening to kill police officers and employees on election duty on May 21, the Fatehabad Assembly byelection polling day. The FIR had been registered at the local city police on complaint of Mr Jagdish Chander, District Inspector, Sirsa, on May 22. The case had been registered under Sections 307, 332, 353, 186, 188, 189, 506, 147 and 149 of the IPC and 134-B of the Representation of People Act, 1951. The DSP (City), who ordered the registration of the case, had recorded statements of various persons, including the Sirsa SP, Mr A.S. Ahlawat. Mr Bhajan Lal and others had applied for bail in a local court, which had stayed their arrest first till May 28, then till June 3 and again till June 11. The court had directed Mr Bhajan Lal and others to join investigations as and when needed. |
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MLA promises development for all Fatehabad, June 7 Ms Chowdhary has been on the tour of the constituency for the past one week to thank electorate for electing her as their MLA. Mr Ram Raj Mehta, a senior INLD leader, Mr Atam Parkash Batra, chairman of the Improvement Trust, Mr Mohan Lal Juneja, president of the local unit of the INLD, Ms Raj Bala Lega, chairperson of the Block Samiti, Fatehabad and Ms Suman Lata Siwatch, member of the Zila Parishad besides Mr Narinder Chowdhary, husband of the MLA were with her on the tour. During her brief speeches, Ms Chowdhary that her door will always remain open for her electorate. She says that her father-in-law, late Mr Leela Krishan had always treated politics as a means to serve the people and she would also follow in the footsteps of her father-in-law. During her interaction with the people, she is flooded with applications. She usually returns these applications back to the people after recommending these to authorities concerned. She said that she would always try to redress the grievances of people on priority and said that she would have a meeting with officers of various departments soon after the completion of the tour and see to it that the work on people grievances were expedited. |
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Heatwave hits cotton crop Fatehabad, June 7 A visit to Bigher, Salemkhera, Baropal and Dhanger in this villages district has revealed that seedlings of cotton crops sown in May had started burning due to the heatwave. The loss is more in the case of those farmers, who had sown American cotton last month. Those who had sown the ‘desi’ variety are luckier as it was sown in April and their crops have not suffered much loss. Agriculture experts have been suggesting slight tilling of land so that the little bit of moisture present in the land could save the seeds from burning. Mr P. S. Poonia, Circle Agriculture Officer (CAO), Fatehabad, has told this correspondent that the Agriculture Department has been organising camps for making farmers aware of the problem. The department has also been suggesting methods for the treatment of seeds against ‘sun burns’ and other problems. He said such camps had already been organised at Bhuna, Badopal and Rattia. He said the farmers who have yet not sown cotton are being advised to sow the H-1098 or H-777 varieties immediately. The farmers are also being advised to treat their seeds with amisan and stryptocycline to save their crop from being damaged. |
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Villagers marry off poor girl Chormastpur (Ambala), June 7 The villagers of Chormastpur in Naggal area last week assisted in the marriage of a poor girl, Mamta. They did not spare any effort to ensure that things went off smoothly. Mamta’s father has been ill for quiet sometime. Marrying off Mamta with their meagre resources was not easy for the parents. It was then that the sarpanch of the village, Mr Surjit Singh, along with other villagers, came forward to help the family in the hour of need. Mr Surjit Singh told Chandigarh Tribune that the villagers decided to help in the marriage. “We decided that everybody should contribute for the marriage of Mamta, so that the family did not feel any strain,” he said. He said in future, too, the village would come forward for help in such cases. “We felt the poor should be helped. So we arranged for the marriage,” he stated. Having made up their mind, the villagers decided that the marriage of Mamta would be no different from that of any other girl. The villagers collected gifts to help her start her married life. Among other things, Mamta was given a silver set, gold tops, chain, nose pin, toe ring, bed sheets, 21 suits and 51 utensils. “It is evident from the number of suits that we went all out to ensure that Mamta’s marriage was no less than any other girl’s,” a villager said. It is not the first such case in the village. On an earlier occasion, a girl, Sukhwinder Kaur, was married off with the help of a section of villagers. In her marriage, too, the residents of a village lane had contributed for the marriage. The villagers are of the opinion that efforts must be made to help the poor and the downtrodden. They said, “While social organisations help in marriage of poor girls, it is perhaps for the first time in the area that the entire village has helped in the marriage of a poor girl.” |
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Family robbed of car, valuables Rohtak, June 7 The family took cold drinks at a roadside dhaba at Kalanaur in Rohtak district and resumed their journey. A car with four unidentified persons started following them from Kalanaur and forced them to stop after overtaking them. The robbers forced their way into the car after overpowering Mr Hajari Singh at gunpoint. One of them took control of the wheel and drove towards Bhiwani district while the fourth man followed in the car. Cash worth Rs 28,000, a wrist watch, a mobile phone, a gold ring, a necklace and some other gold and silver ornaments were snatched from Mr Hajari Singh and his wife.
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Bhaniarawala sees
conspiracy Ambala, June 7 He said during the SAD-BJP regime, he and members of his family had been implicated in false cases. He had been acquitted by a trial court in the case in which he had been charged with burning the ‘birs’ of Guru Granth Sahib at Tarkhan Majra village, he added. He said Akali leaders Kartar Singh Takkar and Sukhdev Singh Gobindgarh attempted to break the peace on December 10 last when he was produced in the court of the CJM, Ambala. Later, a case had been registered against an Akali activist in this regard, he added. He alleged in the letter that certain Akali leaders had hatched a conspiracy to set ‘birs’ of Guru Granth Sahib on fire at Mahmudpur village and to pin the blame to him. He said this had been done to defame his followers. |
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Woman kills son, commits suicide Yamunanagar, June 7 The body of Aman has been recovered, but that of his mother has not been traced yet. Kusum Lata lived with her husband, Som Nath, at Saini Mohalla, in Radaur. According to the police, Som Nath, a daily-wager, had sold his house last month and taken loan from a bank that he had not
repaid. This had generated frustration in the family. When Kusum, first, threw Aman into the canal, her eldest son picked up his other younger brother and ran towards the village and brought back villagers to the site. By then, the woman had already jumped into the canal. Efforts to trace her could not succeed. |
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, June 7 Delivering the verdict, the Bench, comprising the Chief Justice, Mr B.K. Roy, and Mr Justice S.S. Nijjar, ruled that the petitions were filed merely with a purpose to stall the setting up of new stone crushers under the present parameters without genuine grievance. |
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Offices found closed Ambala, June 7 Ms Kasni said she visited 11 government offices in five villages and found three personnel absent. At Kot Kachua Kalan and Babaheri villages, the angawandis were found closed. At Tharwa village an official of the vet centre was found absent. Besides, the office of the Agricultural Development Officer and the health centre were closed. In Jalbera, the veterinary surgeon was absent and the hygiene at the vet centre was not satisfactory, according to a press note. |
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Case against Nain: hearing adjourned Ambala, June 7 The Ambala police registered a case against Mr Nain and 18 BKU activists on November 25 last when they blocked the national highway near Shahjadpur and attacked police personnel. He had held a mahapanchayat at Shahjadpur in support of sugarcane producers of the Naraingarh area, who had not been paid their arrears by the sugar mill management for one year. |
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