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Chautala on Bharat Darshan to woo traders
Chandigarh, April 23
At least two MLAs of the ruling Indian National Lok Dal of Haryana will shortly go on “Bharat Darshan”. Don’t jump to wrong conclusions. The INLD Bharat Darshan is absolutely different from the one undertaken by Janata Party MLAs led by Mr Bhajan Lal in the late seventies which had resulted in the fall of the Devi Lal Government.

Police on lookout for 12 BKU leaders
Jind, April 23
The police has intensified efforts to arrest 12 leaders of Bharatiya Kisan Union who were allegedly involved in incidents of violence at Kendela village in the district on December 21, last year.

Nursing home owner attacks Health officials
Kaithal, April 23
A Drug Inspector, a Medical Officer, a District Immunization Officer and other employees who went to check a private nursing home here yesterday evening were allegedly detained illegally and threatened with dire consequences by the owner of that nursing home following which the police registered cases under Sections 353/126/342/504/506 of the IPC against the doctor.

One dies in mishap, fire in hut kills child
Sirsa, April 23
One person was killed and four others were injured in an accident on the National Highway No. 10 near Bhawdin village yesterday.

Stone for district library laid
Kurukshetra, April 23
The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, laid the foundation stone of Ch Devi Lal District Library in Sector 10 here today.

Haryana Roadways staff withdraw strike
Chandigarh, April 23
The employees of Haryana Roadways have withdrawn the call given by them to observe a strike tomorrow following their meeting with the Transport Minister, Mr Ashok Arora, at his residence here this evening.

• HCS officer reinstated

Chautala on Bharat Darshan to woo traders
Yoginder Gupta
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 23
At least two MLAs of the ruling Indian National Lok Dal of Haryana will shortly go on “Bharat Darshan”. Don’t jump to wrong conclusions. The INLD Bharat Darshan is absolutely different from the one undertaken by Janata Party MLAs led by Mr Bhajan Lal in the late seventies which had resulted in the fall of the Devi Lal Government.

This time “Bharat Darshan” will be undertaken by none other than the INLD supremo, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, who, accompanied by the Urban Development Minister, Mr Subhash Goyal, will be out of Haryana for a fortnight, visiting various cities, many of tourist interest also.

The ostensible purpose of “Bharat Darshan” is to invite industrialists, particularly of Haryana origin, settled in other states, to invest in their own state, for which the INLD Government will promise them the moon.

Mr Chautala’s Bharat Darshan is perhaps a precursor to a “Vishawa Darshan” he proposes to undertake in June. The purpose of Mr Chautala’s Bharat Darshan and Vishawa Darshan is the same — to woo the investors.

Mr Chautala will visit Kolkata on April 27. After spending a day there he will reach Hyderabad the next day. After visiting Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai and Indore, he will return to Delhi on May 2. He will visit Jabalpur for two days from May 5 and come back to Delhi on May 6. He will again leave Delhi on May 8 for Siliguri, Darjeeling and Kathmandu. He will return to the national capital on May 12.

At most of the places, his meetings are fixed with the people of Haryana origin. He will also be accompanied by Mr Niranjan Lal Bansal, President of the Beopar Cell of the INLD and Chairman of the Haryana Warehousing Corporation; his Principal Secretary, Mr M.K. Miglani; and the M.D. of the Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation, Dr Harbaksh Singh.

Early this month Mr Goyal and Dr Harbaksh Singh had visited several cities to make preparations for the Chief Minister’s visit. A big publicity campaign is planned for the Chief Minister’s visit. 

Police on lookout for 12 BKU leaders
Our Correspondent

Jind, April 23
The police has intensified efforts to arrest 12 leaders of Bharatiya Kisan Union who were allegedly involved in incidents of violence at Kendela village in the district on December 21, last year. The police has obtained non-bailable warrants for their arrest, including Mr Ghasi Ram Nain, state president of the BKU.

Stating this here today, Mr K.K. Rao, Superintendent of Police here said the police had conducted raids in several villages to arrest these leaders. The police had started the proceedings to attach the property of wanted BKU leaders and to get them declared proclaimed offender.

The SP said BKU leaders and workers who were agitating at Kendela in support of their demands blocked traffic on the Jind-Kaithal road and set on fire three government vehicles. He said when the police tried to prevent them to do so they attacked police officials and pelted stones on them injuring a number of police officials. The police had to use tear gas and fire shots in the air to disperse the violent crowd.

The police has registered a case against BKU leaders under various sections of the IPC and under the Arms Act in connection with the violent incidents of Kendela village at sadar police station. Nine BKU leaders had already been arrested in connection with the case registered against them at the sadar police station.

The SP disclosed that posters with photographs of Mr Ghasi Ram Nain had been displayed at various places. He is wanted in 20 criminal cases registered against him in Jind district. Any person giving information regarding his whereabouts would be given a cash prize of Rs 10,000.

Congress leaders Mange Ram Gupta, former Finance Minister and the local MLA, Mr Sher Singh, MLA from Julana condemned the arrest of BKU leaders. They said the government had accepted some demands of the BKU and an agreement to this effect was signed by the BKU office-bearers and representatives of the Haryana Government a few months ago. They said it was one of the condition in the agreement that cases registered against farmers pertaining to the agitation would be withdrawn. They alleged that instead of implementing the agreement, the government had arrested the BKU leaders in violation of the agreement. They demanded that the government should release the arrested BKU leaders and initiate talks to solve their problems.

Nursing home owner attacks Health officials
Our Correspondent

Kaithal, April 23
A Drug Inspector, a Medical Officer, a District Immunization Officer and other employees who went to check a private nursing home here yesterday evening were allegedly detained illegally and threatened with dire consequences by the owner of that nursing home following which the police registered cases under Sections 353/126/342/504/506 of the IPC against the doctor.

In a complaint to the police Drug Inspector Parminder Malik alleged that when he along with Dr V.K. Bansal, Dr Vikas Bhatnagar and other employees went to the nursing home of Dr Ram Kirti Garg for checking alleged irregularities in blood transfusion, Dr Garg attacked him and threatened them with dire consequences. Dr Bansal informed Deputy Commissioner Phateh Singh Dagar, who sent the SDM and the police team. After seeing the arrival of the police, the doctor let them go.

On the other hand, Dr Garg has denied the charges levelled against him and said that whole story has been concocted by the official team to defame him.

One dies in mishap, fire in hut kills child
Our Correspondent

Sirsa, April 23
One person was killed and four others were injured in an accident on the National Highway No. 10 near Bhawdin village yesterday.

According to the information, a car carrying members of a marriage party coming from Adampur to Begu Road hit a parked truck near Bhawdin village which killed Subhash who was repairing the truck. All four persons in the car were injured and admitted in the local Civil Hospital. The driver of the car was reportedly drunk. The police has registered a case under Section 304A/279/337 of the IPC. The body of the killed person was handed over to his relatives after a post-mortem examination.

In another incident a five-year-old blind girl was burnt to death while two other children received burns as a hutment caught fire on the Hanumangarh road at Ellenabad a subdivision town of the district.

According to the information Ram Bharose, a labourer from Bihar, and his wife had gone to fields while their three children were in the hut when it caught fire. People nearby gathered at the site to rescue the children but could not save the girl.

Stone for district library laid
Our Correspondent

Kurukshetra, April 23
The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, laid the foundation stone of Ch Devi Lal District Library in Sector 10 here today.

On the occasion, the state Transport Minister, Mr Ashok Arora, Agriculture Minister, Jaswinder Singh Sandhu, Education Minister Bahadur Singh, Higher Education, Director, Dhanpat Singh, Deputy Commissioner Abhilaksh Likhi, Kurukshetra University Vice-Chancellor R.S. Chaudhry and other senior officers were present.

Mr Chautala also released a brochure — Dharamkshetra Kurukshetra — written by the Haryana Tourism Department.

The district library here, will be the twelfth in the state.

Haryana Roadways staff withdraw strike
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 23
The employees of Haryana Roadways have withdrawn the call given by them to observe a strike tomorrow following their meeting with the Transport Minister, Mr Ashok Arora, at his residence here this evening.

Talking to TNS, Mr Arora said he told the agitating employees that the state government had no plan for privatising any depot and nor was the government interested in carrying out retrenchment in the Haryana Roadways. “We also assured the employees of looking into their other demands following which they decided to withdraw the strike”, Mr Arora said.

HCS officer reinstated
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 23
The Haryana Government has reinstated Mr A.N. Ichchpujani, an HCS officer, who was placed under suspension after his arrest by the CBI in an arms licence case.

In this case the CBI had also raided the residence of the Karnal Deputy Commissioner, Mr Devinder Singh.