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INLD to move CEC against DC’s transfer
Ban pre-poll surveys, says Ajay Chautala
Post-poll pact unlikely: Sushma
BJP not for post-poll alliance: ID Swami
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Paramilitary forces
to be deployed for poll in Haryana
Poll observers appointed
Hoardings removed on EC’s directions
Laxmikant Chawla flays Chautala govt
Kin of candidates join campaigning
Poll vehicles challaned
Door-to-door campaigning by Venod Sharma
Chander Mohan visits
rural areas
Cong will form govt in Haryana, says Meira
Bride-to-be, uncle killed in mishap
Lover too dies
Gupta new Hisar DC
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INLD to move CEC against DC’s transfer
Hisar, January 22 The INLD leader asserted that Mr Malik was an honest and hard-working officer having a clean image. He said the INLD would lodge its protest before the Central Election Commission (CEC) against the decision to shift the Deputy Commissioner. Levelling serious allegations against the Election Commission, Mr Panwar maintained that the Election Commission consultant, Mr K.J.Rao, was pro-Congress and was working in favour of the party. The INLD leader pointed out that some officials of the Election Commission had held a meeting with the district officials and representatives of various political parties. He said after the meeting, Mr Rao held some discussions with a Congress leader in solitude. Mr Panwar maintained that it was after this meeting that he sent a report about the Deputy Commissioner to the Election Commission. |
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Ban pre-poll surveys, says Ajay Chautala
Naggal (Ambala), January 22 “In any case, time and again pre-poll surveys have been proved wrong. The pre-poll political analyses based on the surveys are incorrect,” he said. Mr Ajay Chautala queried that how could a pre-poll survey, carried out on the basis of opinions of a few people, be correct for a seat which had more than one lakh voters. “Voters should be allowed to make their own judgement and they should not be influenced by such surveys,” he said. He added that the INLD would again get absolute majority in Haryana. To a query, Mr Chautala said Mr Om Prakash Chautala had always contested elections from two seats. “The main issue in this election is the rise in the prices of basic commodities. The Congress does not have any issues,” he said. While speaking at the public meeting, Mr Ajay Chautala appealed to the electorate to cast their votes in favour of MLA and INLD candidate Jasbir
Mallour. Mr Ajay Chautala said Mr Om Prakash Chautala had strived to fulfil the vision of Chaudhary Devi Lal. “Mr Jasbir Mallour has worked hard for the people of Naggal and there has been development all over the area,” he said. He said when the INLD government had come to power, the law and order situation was bad, government coffers were empty and cases had been slapped against the youth during the prohibition period. “Despite the adverse circumstances, we have succeeded in bringing about prosperity in the state. Today, Haryana is a leading state of the country due to our
hardwork,” he said. Mr Ajay Chautala said that plans like the Dadupur-Nalwi canal, Yamuna Nagar thermal power project and an express highway for Rs 2,000 crore were implemented by the INLD government. “Through the Sarkar Apke Dwar programme, we have reached out to the people,” he said. He said the Congress had misled the people during the recent Lok Sabha elections. “The Congress is yet to fulfil its promises. Congress President Sonia Gandhi had undertaken a roadshow and she had said that the Congress was with the poor. But it does not seem to be so,” he said. |
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Post-poll pact unlikely: Sushma
Baas (Hisar), January 22 She asserted that the people of the state were fed up with the Chautala regime and wanted to get rid of it at any cost. “However, I caution you not to vote for the Congress because if you do so, you will regret your decision later,” she said, adding that the BJP could be a good alternative. The BJP leader held the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre responsible for rising prices and listed the achievements of the Vajpayee government. She urged the people to vote for Mr Ram Kumar Gautam, BJP candidate from the Narnaund constituency. Striking an emotional chord, she said, “Being a daughter of Haryana, I am your sister. You can fulfil all your responsibilities towards me if you vote for BJP candidates in the elections to the state Assembly.” Talking to The Tribune, Ms Swaraj said the BJP had decided to contest the poll on its own as its earlier coalition partner, the INLD, had failed to live up to the people’s expectations. On being questioned on the probability of a post-poll pact, she said it was unlikely. “We will prefer to sit in the opposition rather than forging an alliance,” she asserted. She maintained that corrupt practices and loot of the Chautala government, rising prices and completion of the SYL canal would be the main issues in Haryana. Replying to a question, Ms Swaraj observed that the people of Bihar wanted to oust the Laloo Prasad Yadav regime and the BJP would get a clear mandate in Jharkhand. She said she would campaign in Haryana for 10 days. Asked about the revolt in local units of the BJP, she remarked that the situation in the BJP was much better than the situation in other parties. A humorous situation was created when Mr Nar Singh Selwal, who had joined the BJP after a stint in the BSP, referred to Ms Swaraj as “behan (sister) Mayawati” instead of “behan Sushma”. At this, Ms Swaraj quipped, “Behan badal gayee, bhai (The sister has changed, brother)”. As a mark of respect to Devi Lal, Mr Gautam urged youths standing on the pedestal of a bust of the late leader to get down. Those standing at a distance from the stage were not able to get a glimpse of Ms Swaraj. At this, one of the youths remarked, “Yo te dikhti ae konya (she is not visible)”. Quipped another, “Dikhegi kyunkar, paanch foot ki saari sai (how can you see her, she just five feet tall)”. |
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BJP not for post-poll alliance: ID Swami
Ambala, January 22 Mr Swami said the BJP had always respected people’s sentiments. “People were against the Congress so we had entered into an alliance so that we could keep the Congress away. Now, we have decided to go alone into political fray as it is the wish of the workers and people,” he said. He stated that in yesterday’s scenario, the BJP is the best alternative for the electorate. “The voters have seen good governance during the NDA government, which has several achievements to its credit. Now, the people of Haryana are looking towards the BJP for providing good governance,” he said. Mr Swami said the BJP manifesto had been termed the “Sankalp Patra” since the party is determined to fulfil all its promises. “We are confident that we will get majority in Haryana. I must stress that there is no Congress wave in Haryana. “The six-month rule of the Congress-led UPA government has exposed the Congress. The UPA government will not last long since the Left parties are always at loggerheads,” he said. Mr Swami said the BJP MLAs of Haryana had taken the right step by quitting the SYL issue. “Also, the release of the Godhra report at this juncture seems to be politically motivated. The report is not the final report and investigations are still on,” he stated. |
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Paramilitary forces
to be deployed for poll in Haryana
Ambala, January 22 Mr Dharamveer chaired a meeting of Ambala division officials at Panchayat Bhavan in Ambala City. He said free and fair election would be held at all costs and all necessary steps would be taken to ensure hassle-free poll. He said constant watch was being kept in the state and action would be taken against the political parties which violated the model code of conduct. He added special arrangement would be made at the sensitive and the highly sensitive booths. He said 600 special magistrates would be on poll duty and in each Assembly segment, one Duty Magistrate and a DSP would be responsible for maintaining law and order. DG P,Haryana, A.S.Bhatotia said 50,000 police personnel would be deployed all over Haryana during the election. He said 30,000 Haryana police personnel would be present and additionally, 14000 Home Guards would be deployed. He said each district headquarters would have a Haryana police and a paramilitary force company as reserve force. He said special nakas would be carried out to keep a check on anti-social elements and each Assembly segment would have six nakas. He stated that all licenced guns would have to be deposited in the police stations and about 70 per cent of the guns had been deposited. He said the vehicles, which were being misused during election, would be detained before polling. Among others, senior officers, including Maha Singh, R.N. Chahalia, R. P.Gupta, and M. Ravi Kiran, were present in the meeting. |
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Poll observers appointed
Sonepat, January 22 He disclosed that the election observers are: Mr Nitin N. Kareer for Baroda (R), Mr Girish Chandra for Gohana, Mr Shant Manu for Kailana, Mr Rajeev Yadav for Sonepat, Mohammad Suleman for Rai and Mr Sanjeev Kumar for Rohat. Mr Anup Aggarwal has been appointed poll observer (expenditure). A control room has also been set up and equipped with telephone No 2250759 and Fax No 2246672. |
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Hoardings removed on
EC’s directions
Panchkula, January 22 It is learnt that one of the candidates had complained to the Election Commission regarding the misuse of signboards, and the huge hoardings of MC, put up in the township. He complained that these hoardings were also violating the Model Code of Conduct, as sloganeering in favour of the INLD was printed on these boards. The complaint was referred to Deputy Commissioner and Chief Electoral Officer, Ms Neelam P Kasni, who asked the Returning Officer, Mr Verender Dahiya, to take the necessary action. The latter called a meeting of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) officials, and asked them to remove all these boards and hoardings. Three teams of the engineering wing of the HUDA were set up under an Executive Engineer for the removal of these signboards and hoardings. A JCB machine and a crane were also used to remove these boards from various parts of the township. Over 300 boards and hoardings were removed and the operation lasted till evening. Only some boards, where lights had been installed, were not removed. On December 7 last year, HUDA had launched an operation to remove these boards from the township. However, as the HUDA staff was busy removing the hoardings, including signboards of police posts/ police stations and traffic sign boards, which had advertisement strips running on one side, the police took offence to the HUDA drive, and took away the truck in which these display boards had been kept after removal. HUDA officials had said that hoardings or display boards cannot be put up without their permission. They said that HUDA was incurring losses to the tune of Rs 30 lakh because of these illegal hoardings, as no one was willing to take the contract for installing hoardings on bus queue shelters and near public toilets because of illegal hoardings.
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Laxmikant Chawla flays Chautala govt
Ambala, January 22 “Mr Chautala has only forwarded the interest of his family while the state faced several problems,” she said. She said besides the INLD, the Congress too has let down the people. “The voters are facing heavy financial burden due to rise in prices of essential commodities under the Congress-led UPA government. Goods like sugar and LPG are becoming expensive and the people are unable to bear this burden,” she said. Ms Laxmikant Chawla said women are feeling unsafe and wrong cases are being filed. “If we do not want Haryana to become a second Bihar, then we must ensure that the Congress does not come to power,” she said. She stated that the Ambala Cantt MLA, Mr Anil Vij, has always supported the Chautala government and Mr Vij will have to face the consequences in this election. Ms Chawla said that despite countless people being affected by floods in Ambala Cantt, the local MLA did not even seek compensation from the Chautala government. |
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Kin of candidates join campaigning
Panchkula, January 22 If it is the municipal council president, Ms Seema Chaudhary, seeking votes for her brother-in-law, INLD candidate, Pradeep Chaudhary, relatives of other candidates too have joined the fray. Ms Saroj Bansal, wife of BJP candidate Sham Lal Bansal, today visited various group housing societies in Mansa Devi Complex, along with BJP workers, seeking votes for her husband. The Congress sought the help of party candidate Chander Mohan’s brother-in-law Anoop Bishnoi, for canvassing. The latter hit the road and went from door-to-door in the group housing societies in Sector 20 and government quarters and colonies in Sector 11. Meanwhile, INLD candidate Pradeep Chaudhary toured villages in the Raiton area and villages falling in Panchkula town. He also held election meetings in Sectors 11 and 16. A party press release said he was welcomed by the villagers with garlands and he highlighted the development works initiated by the INLD government in the past five years. Mr Chaudhary said in spite of the Congress rule at the Centre for 50 years, not much development work had been initiated in the villages. He said the INLD was the only party that thought of devolopment of villages. The BJP candidate, Mr Sham Lal Bansal, today went on a door-to-door campaigning in various parts of the township. He listened to the problems of the residents of Sectors 9, 17, 7 and 15, and assured them of all help if elected from the constituency. In the evening, he went for campaigning in Sector 7 market. The Congress candidate, Mr Chander Mohan, visited various villages on the Pinjore- Nalagarh road and in the Kalka block. He held election meetings and sought the help of the voters to bring the Congress to power in the state. Meanwhile, over 90 BSF personnel today reached Panchkula for the election duty. The team of paramilitary forces will be deployed at various places in the Kalka constituency to ensure law and order during the election process. There are 38 hyper sensitive and 19 sensitive booths in the constituency. |
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Poll vehicles challaned
Sonepat, January 22 Three vehicles belonged to the candidate of ruling Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), seven of the Congress, two of the BJP, two of the National Congress Party and one of the Bahujan Samaj Party. The Central Observers have directed the Returning Officer-cum-SDM, Dr Sultan Singh, to take penal action against the operators of the vehicles and the candidates concerned. In turn, the SDM has appointed the Superintendent of Police to take necessary action against the erring drivers of the vehicles found campaigning without approval and seeking permission for this purpose. The police has also challaned and impounded a vehicle used for campaigning by Nationalist Congress Party’s candidate Mr Dev Raj Dewan near the mini-secretariat as it did not have permission for using the loudspeaker. |
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Door-to-door campaigning by Venod Sharma
Ambala, January 22 Mr Sharma today received support from BJP Municipal Councillor and two former BJP councillors. Mr Sharma’s manager said Mr Neeraj Trikha, Mr Rajinder Singh and Mr Gobind Singh along with their other BJP supporters had today joined the Congress. He said more activists from other parties were expected to help out Mr Sharma in the coming days. Besides inaugurating an election office at Model Town Chowk, Mr Venod Sharma, also addressed a public meeting at Baldev Nagar camp. Mr Venod Sharma said he was keen on encouraging setting up of a large-scale labour intensive industry in Ambala City so that local people got jobs. “Employment generation is high on our priority list,” he said. He said the Congress had always worked hard for the underprivileged and poor sections of society. |
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Chander Mohan visits
rural areas
Panchkula, January 22 He said the maximum development of the Kalka constituency had been done during the Congress regime in the state, from 1993-1996. Last night, a function was organised by members of the Aggarwal community at Sector 12 here. Mr Darshan Kumar Singla who had organised the meeting, said Mr Chander Mohan was weighed against coins. Meanwhile, the BJP candidate, Mr Sham Lal Bansal, also toured various dhanis in the Morni block. In the evening, he held election meetings in Sector 9 and went on door-to-door campaigning. |
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Cong will form govt in Haryana, says Meira
Rewari, January 22 Asking people to vote for party nominee Capt Ajay Singh Yadav, she said he was a person of clean image and integrity. Ms Meira Kumar and Capt Ajay Singh Yadav were weighed against coins by villagers on the occasion.
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Bride-to-be, uncle killed in mishap
Yamunanagar, January 22 As per police sources, Reena was going for her marriage shopping, along with her maternal uncle and aunt, on the motor cycle when the accident took place at around 10 am. Her aunt, however, did not sustain any injury in the accident. Later, a crowd gathered on the accident spot and tried to block the traffic on the Jagadhri – Sharnapur national highway. The traffic remained disrupted for about half an hour. Kamani Chowk is one of the most accident-prone area in the twin townships of Yamunanagar and Jagadhri. There is a proposal to install traffic lights on the chowk, said a police officer, who was on the spot. In an another road accident, Hasim, 38, a resident of Hamida was killed when the bicycle he was riding was hit by an unidentifed tractor trolley on the Jagadhri-Sharnapur National Highway near Khajoori here this morning. Hasim was a labourer in a plywood factory. |
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Lover too dies
Rewari, January 22 However, when he was being taken to Delhi his condition worsened, following which he was admitted to Raman Munjal Hospital at Dharuhera. The girl was a resident of Mohalla Krishna Nagar here while Indraj was a resident of Dharuhera. |
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Gupta new Hisar DC
Chandigarh, January 22 |
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