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November 2, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Base delimitation on 2001 Census: Virbhadra Cong to make no false poll promise HP Congress “ready for” Assembly poll Jan Shakti Party
threatens stir Scrapping of rights
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IGMC fest witnesses clash UGC team
visits HPU
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Base delimitation on 2001 Census: Virbhadra Solan, November 1 Mr Virbhadra Singh, who addressed a press conference here late last evening, said the delimitation of constituencies was being undertaken after a gap of almost 30 years and the next such exercise could take as many years. Under these circumstances, it was imperative that the delimitation work be done only on the latest figures concerning the concentration of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled tribes in different constituencies. He said the Election Commission seemed to have decided to adopt the 1991 Census as the basis of the delimitation work as the report of the 2001 Census was not officially available for want of its formal notification in the Union gazette. This hitch could be easily overcome by simply asking the Union Government to issue the relevant notification, he added. The Election Commission’s decision to go ahead with the delimitation process on the basis of 1991 figures appeared to give the impression that commission was doing it in undue haste, said the former Chief Minister. He said the working proposals for Assembly constituencies in Himachal Pradesh put forward by the Delimitation Commission also appeared to indicate that these had been drafted to suit Chief Minister Prem Kumar’s Dhumal’s political interests. However, Mr Vir Bhadra Singh maintained that he had full faith in the intergrity and impartiality of the Delimitation Commission Chairman, Justice Kuldeep Singh, as well as the Election Commission and hoped that justice would be done after the people’s objections to the delimitation proposals were heard. The LCP leader, claimed that the recent Sonia Gandhi’s rally at Mandi showed that people of the state were determined to throw out the BJP-HVC government. He admitted that there were differences among party leaders in the state Congress and alleged it was due to the alleged rigging in the last party organisational elections. However, he said that these differences were an internal affair of the party and that “when it came to fighting the BJP, every Congressperson was united”. Earlier, Mr Virbhadra Singh expressed grief at the demise of Padmashri S.J. Dasgupta, who ‘fought untiringly for getting justice for the poor during her long stay in Himachal Pradesh. |
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Cong to make no false poll promise Dharamsala, November 1 Talking to mediapersons here today, the two leaders said the manifesto would be the policy document for the Congress government. The Congress leaders alleged that due to “inefficiency and mis-administration” of Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, the Planning Commission had slashed the state’s annual Plan outlay. They claimed that the BJP-HVC coalition government led by Mr Dhumal had failed to come up to the expectations of people. Thakur Kaul said that corruption in the BJP government would be a major issue in the elections. Emphasis would also be on solving problems of ex-servicemen and their families and serving soldiers, providing jobs to unemployed youth and removing social inequality and providing succour for the poor and downtrodden. They said for the first time in the Himachal Pradesh, ruling party leaders were organising a bandh against their own government. |
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HP Congress “ready for” Assembly poll Hamirpur, November 1 She said, “The party is not bothered about the ongoing delimitation process as it is to be held under the law of the land. However, the party will continue to oppose some of the wrong decisions taken in the proposals”. Talking to mediapersons here, she said the party moved 17 proposals at the meeting of the Delimitation Commission held in Delhi yesterday. The next meeting would be held on November 7as other members had demanded more time from the commission to file their objections. Mrs Stokes denied as baseless
reports that she had an understanding with the Chief Minister, Prof Prem Kumar Dhumal. She, however, said that no objections were raised by any BJP leader at the meeting as was reported in a section of the Press. They simply said that they had not yet read the report fully.
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Jan Shakti Party
threatens stir Kangra, November 1 Mr Rumail Badiyal, state chief of the Lok Jan Shakti Party, disclosed this yesterday while talking to mediapersons of Trigarth Press Club. Mr Badiyal said the government had made the state bankrupt. He said despite financial packages from the Central Government, the state government was reeling under a Rs 15000-crore debt. He expressed concern about submitting wrong figures before the Ninth Financial Commission which had resulted in a Rs 1,200-crore annual loss to the state. He alleged that the present government had failed to protect the interest of people. He stressed the need for the formation of a Himachal regiment in a view of the borders of the state touching militant-infested Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tibet and China. |
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Scrapping
of rights panel: notice to HP Shimla, November 1 Petitioner Ravinder Kumar alleged that the decision of the state government in this case was contrary to the Sections 21, 22 and 23 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, the state government had no jurisdiction to remove the panel members, the petitioner, averred. The notification in this regard may be quashed and the state government should be directed not to obstruct the function of the panel. And the office of the Lokayukta be separated from the office of the Human Rights Commission. Issuing notices a Division Bench comprising the Chief Justice W.A. Shishak and Mr Justice L.S. Panta further directed the respondents to file their reply on or before November 28. |
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IGMC fest witnesses clash Shimla, November 1 The participant from Government Medical College was asked what he would do if his wife and his neighbour had the same looks. The reply was indecent and the organisers allegedly thrashed participants from the college. Students of the college tried to disrupt the festival by throwing stones, following which 10 of them were rounded up. They are
Gyandeep, Manpreet Singh, Tejbir, Rahul, Prakashdeep, Jagdeep, Sumeet Garg,
Samarveer, Ratan Lamba and Deepak Verma. They were later released on bail. |
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UGC team
visits HPU Shimla, Novemebr 1 At a function organised in this connection, the HPU Vice-Chancellor, Prof S.D. Sharma, appreciated the role of the team in giving concrete suggestions for improving the quality of academic activities in the university. In view of the performance of the university during the Ninth Plan as evaluated by the team, Professor Sharma expressed hope that the university would get sufficient funds during the 10th Plan. Prof
A.N.P. Ummerkutti, convener of the visiting committee, appreciated the work culture and academic discipline on the campus. |
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Medical
admissions stayed Shimla, November 1 A Division Bench comprising Mr Justice A.K. Goel and Mr Justice K.C. Sood, while passing these interim directions ordered that counselling for admissions to the medical colleges may go on but no admission should be done without the approval of the court. Students have challenged that two questions of physics and two of chemistry have been wrongly mentioned in the PMT examination held by HP University. |
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Bhattacharya
is HP Chief Secy Shimla, Novemebr 1 She replaces Mr Harsh Gupta, who retired yesterday. Mrs Bhattacharya is the first women Chief Secretary of the state. She was made the additional Chief Secretary two years ago. |
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Ex-CM’s daughter’s
plea dismissed Shimla, November 1 Mr Justice L.S. Panta observed for the bench that ‘in our opinion it could not be held discriminatory on the basis of gender or equality’. |
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Vigilance
Week observed Shimla, November 1 The Chief Secretary, Mr Harsh Gupta, administered a pledge to employees of the Secretariat for maintaining integrity and transparency in all spheres of life. The Chief Secretary also read out the message of the Chief Minister, Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal, calling for stamping out corruption, which was the biggest hindrance in the progress of the nation. The
Chief Minister stressed the need for collective efforts of those at
the helm of affairs. |
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