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Old parents seek justice for son
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BSP in image make-over mode
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Parties demand removal of Zila Parishad Chairman
GND varsity VC: panel to decide, says CM
Officers need training on RTI: Kashyap
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Old parents seek justice for son
killed by Bira
Jalandhar, July 1 The police inquiries being made into the matter have not just touched them psychologically, but also raised several important concerns, including those related to their security. But firm on their stand, the septuagenarian couple, Raghbir Singh and Narinder Kaur, today said they would leave no stone unturned to get justice for their lost son. Recalling the ‘black’ day of his life, Mr Raghbir Singh said, “My 23-year-old son had just gone out in the fields on August 31, 1992, when he was shot dead.” He said that they suspected Bira behind the murder because the terrorist had been threatening his son those days for being friendly with a Congress leader in the area. “We had got a case registered against him, but he managed to escape to the US the very next year. Now that he is back, we would fight it out despite all odds,” Mr Raghbir Singh said. Sahib Singh’s elder brother, Pal Singh said that his major concern after Bira’s return was that of the security of his family. He said that he had met the senior police officials of his area a number of times in this regard, but there had been no help. The family that has been into farming finds it difficult to make their two ends meet. To help them overcome any financial constraints that they likely to stumble upon, Mr Maninderjit Singh Bitta, Chairman of the All India Anti-Terrorist Front, today gave them a cheque of Rs 50,000. Addressing a press conference on the occasion, Mr Bitta alleged that two senior police officials were behind the deportation of the terrorists. Without divulging the names of the officials, Mr Bitta alleged that the government was backing them. He further alleged that only weak cases against these terrorists were being reopened so that they could be easily set free. |
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BSP in image make-over mode
Jalandhar, July 1 The party is of the view that though the OBC population was about 53 per cent in Punjab, but, still, the people belonging to the section were neither aware of their political rights nor they were getting their due share in power. In such a situation, the party leadership feels that it could not only broaden its base by bringing people from varied sections of the society to its fold, but could also make inroads among categories other than Dalits. “Actually, anti-BSP forces have been trying to cause damage to the party for long by wrongly projecting its image as ‘a party of dalits’. The fact is that it is a party of all oppressed classes and it has been working for their upliftment since its inception. We are going to tell the people the truth in a more vocal manner by involving them with ourselves at every level,” Mr Narendra Kashyap, party’s national general secretary, said. Ms Mayawati is currently camping in Jalandhar and she is likely to take this issue up with senior party functionaries when she meets them exclusively on Sunday. She has already instructed them to fan out among people at grass-root levels and involve them in party activities, it was learnt. On being asked whether according tickets to people from the OBC class would help in changing the party image, Mr Kashyap and Mr Pawan Tinu, the General Secretary of the party’s Punjab unit said, “Yes, it is possible as we feel that other oppressed classes also need to be taken along and it is only possible if we have a bigger share of representation to offer to them and to take them to power.” Though, no final decision has been taken so far over the issue, the party’s intention to give more representation to the OBCs and other classes can also be gauged from Ms Mayawati’s assertion that the BSP would be contesting all Vidhan Sabha seats on its own and that it could put up good candidates on all seats. |
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Parties demand removal of Zila Parishad Chairman
Kapurthala, July 1 Talking to The Tribune, BJP district president Mr Hira Lal Dhir said Khalsa should himself resign from the post for free and fair investigations into the case. If he did not do so, he should be removed from the post, Mr Dhir demanded. Alleging that other Congress leaders were also involved in corruption practices, he demanded stern action against these Congressmen. District Congress president Mr Sukhpal Singh Khaira also said “If he (Khalsa) has any political decency, he should himself quit the post till his name is cleared”. When asked whether the party would ask Khalsa to quit, Mr Khaira said that senior Congress leaders would decide over the matter. Meanwhile, the case has formally been handed over to the Vigilance Bureau. An FIR under Sections 420 (cheating), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and 8,9 and 10 of the Prevention of Corruption Act was filed against Khalsa, his PA Jaimal Singh and Ibrahimwal village Sarpanch Sarabjit Kaur at city police
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GND varsity VC: panel to decide, says CM
Jalandhar, July 1 Even as he clearly stated that Dr S.P. Singh would not be continuing on the post, the Chief Minister said that he would discuss the matter in detail with the Punjab Governor, who is also the Chancellor of the university. Captain Amarinder Singh laid wreath at a memorial on the occasion of 65th Raising Day of a battalion of 2nd Sikh Light Infantry organised by Vajra Corps at Jalandhar Cantonment today. The CM had been a part of the battalion while he was serving the Army. On being quizzed about the proposal to set up Defence University, he said that it would come up at the NIS, Patiala, and the details in this regard had been submitted to the Prime Minister. He added that even as there had been an opposition by the sports fraternity, he made it clear that he would go ahead with the project. Regarding a complaint levelled by some technical institutes against the son of Ms Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, Deputy CM and Technical Education Minister, Punjab, for forcing them to give advertisements for his newly launched advertisement company, he said that he was not aware of it. Ruling out the possibility of any influence of Ms Bhattal over the issue, Captain Amarinder Singh said that the minister’s son could have approached institutes for the advertisements on his own. On being asked about the setting up of new Vigilance Committees to replace the Vigilance Bureau, he said that the functioning had not remained proper and the people were facing harassment. He said that he had taken the decision in his capacity as Vigilance Minister. On the occasion, the CM distributed cheques of Rs 50,000 to the widows of army jawans who had died serving way back in 1960s. He also interacted with the senior officials and jawans of the battalion. |
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Officers need training on RTI: Kashyap
Kapurthala, July 1 Talking to mediapersons after a meeting with the district officers, Mr Kashyap said that he had already written a letter to the Chief Secretary in this regard. He added that in the letter he had also urged for making proper arrangement to make the general public aware about this Act. Every department was required to provide information to the applicant within 30 days, he said, adding that if it was not done, the concerned person might contact the department’s senior officers. “Even then if the person does not get the proper reply, he may lodge a complaint with the commission”, he added. |
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