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April 21, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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CM may announce INLD nominee today Samata yet to
finalise candidate for bypoll
Cong councillor denies leaving party Friends foil plan to sell girls Action against college principal sought |
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Woman suffers 95 pc burns Haryana plans rehabilitation centres for handicapped District hospitals to have CAT scan facility Two die in mishaps Councillor booked for assault Head constable dies in mishap
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CM may announce INLD nominee today Fatehabad, April 20 Chief Minister Om Parkash Chautala, two days earlier, had dared the former Chief Minister to field his son Kuldip or nephew Dura Ram from here. In reply, Mr Bhajan Lal yesterday said that instead of fielding his son or nephew, he would contest the by-poll himself if the Chief Minister was ready to contest himself on INLD ticket after resigning from his post. The INLD youth leader said that the former Chief Minister was in the habit of making excuses to evade issues. Mr Chautala the HVP had been rejected by the people of Haryana time and again. He alleged that former Chief Minister Bansi Lal was responsible for the delay in the construction of the SYL canal. Mr Abhey Singh informed that the Chief Minister would inaugurate the election office of INLD nominee here tomorrow. The Chief Minister might also announce the candidate of the party on the occasion, he indicated. He claimed that his party would win the by-election by a margin of over 50000 votes. Mr Banta Ram, chairman, of the Haryana Sugarfed and Mr Banarsi Dass, president of the Haryana Valmiki Mahasangh organised a meeting of the Balmiki Samaj here today, and appealed to the Dalits to vote for the INLD. The Haryana Vikas Party secretary general, Mr Surender Singh, continued his rural meetings for the third day today. Mr Pahlad Singh, the HVP nominee, Mr Gulbahar Singh, president of the District Bar Association and several other leaders of the party accompanied him. HVP leaders said that Chief Minister Om Parkash Chautala used before coming to power used to say that the farmers themselves would decide the MSP of crop, but plight of farmers, they alleged, was such that there was no taker for their crop. He alleged that the cooperative sugar mills in the state had not been paying arrears to farmers since long. Mr Surender Singh claimed that the INLD government had done nothing to improve the power situation in the state. He claimed that all power generating units of the state had been installed during the tenure of his father. The HVP leader also lashed at the Congress and said that the party had neither any policy nor any leader. He said that it was the bankruptcy of the Congress that it was not finding a suitable candidate for the by-poll. |
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BKU fast fails to move government Tohana (Fatehabad), April 20 The BKU activists have been on an indefinite fast since March 20 outside the office of the Subdivisional
Magistrate (SDM) here, at Shahpur village in Jind district and at Kaithal to demand the unconditional release of the Haryana BKU president, Mr Ghasi Ram
Nain; the propaganda secretary of the organisation, Mr Fateh Singh
Arya; and the president of the Ambala division unit of the BKU, Mr Guni
Prakash. Mr Nain was arrested by the Ambala police while he was participating in the canegrowers’ agitation to demand the payment of dues from the Naraingarh Sugar Mill, last year. While six persons have been sitting on an indefinite fast at Tohana, four and three BKU activists are observing the fast at Shahpur and Kaithal, respectively. At Tohana, the fasting BKU activists are led by Mr Chander Singh, treasurer of the Fatehabad district unit of the organisation. The others who are accompanying him are Mr Mewa Singh, Mr Jogi Ram, Mr Dharam Pal, Mr Tara Chand and Mr Sube Singh Arya. While Mr Dharam Pal had lost 10 kg till yesterday, the others too have lost about 8 kg each. Mr Arya had to be hospitalised a few days ago after he developed an obstruction in the urinary tract. He is still undergoing treatment in the Tohana Civil Hospital. The fasting BKU activists keep themselves busy by playing cards in the absence of a large number of men and women, who used to visit them for moral support in the early days of the agitation. It is not that the support for the BKU in the area has declined. Farmers and their families are busy in harvesting operations, which are at the peak these days. Once the harvesting operations are over, the BKU leaders claim, the crowds will be back. The peaceful method of protest, so potently used by Mahatma Gandhi against the British, has, however, failed to move the Haryana Government. So far, no attempt has been made to hold negotiations with the fasting BKU activists. The ruling Indian National Lok Dal seems to have adopted an attitude of apathy towards the BKU. Sources in the INLD say that the government has now nothing to do with the cases against the BKU leaders. It is for the law courts to grant them bail. Mr Rajbir Singh, alias Bira Ram, general secretary of the Fatehabad district unit of the BKU, says that after the harvesting operations are over, BKU activists would visit villages of the Fatehabad Assembly constituency and campaign against the ruling party in the byelection which is to be held on May 21. He says that the BKU activists would highlight the “anti-farmer” policies of the government. A bail application filed by the Indian Youth Congress president, Mr Randeep Singh Surjewala, on behalf of Mr Nain will come up for hearing before the Punjab and Haryana High Court on April 29. |
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Surender Singh’s wit draws crowds Fatehabad, April 20 Mr Surender Singh makes punching jibes at leaders of other parties and mocks them in such a way that it sends the crowds into a fit of laughter. However, the best part of the HVP leader’s campaign is that he does not hesitate in laughing at himself. This unique style is being liked in villages and though it is too early for the people to make up their mind for the by-poll, they have been coming to the HVP leader’s meetings for the sheer wit and humour involved with these. The HVP leader tells the rural gatherings in his rustic ‘Bagree’ dialect that the present INLD government would have to face a worse defeat in the next General Election than that faced by his father, Mr Bansi Lal, after the Emergency in 1977. The HVP leader makes people laugh by some humorous comparisons. He compares the new power meters introduced by the present INLD government with the Chief Minister’s mobility, saying that these meters move day and night like Mr Chauatala, who is always on the wheels. He says the meters run whether the power is on or not. |
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Byelection test of popularity Sirsa, April 20 Mr Ajay Chautala said usually the popularity of the ruling party starts falling after three years of rule but in case of the INLD it was increasing. Lashing at the Congress he said that it was using this byelection as an excuse to postpone their Jail Bharo
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Samata yet to finalise
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Ambala, April 20 He said a district-level conference of the party would be organised in Ambala City on April 27. The state president of the party, Mr Sheesh Pal Beniwal, will preside over the conference. He alleged that none of the MPs, elected from Ambala, had made efforts for the development of the city. He said the demand for a rail track from Naraingarh to Chandigarh had been pending for the past several years. He urged the state government to release the BKU leader, Mr Ghasi Ram Nain, lodged in the judicial custody in Ambala Central Jail for the past four months. He also criticised the arrest of a reporter at Kaithal, a few weeks back. Replying a question, he said the party had set up units in 17 districts of the state. The president of district unit, Mr Gagan Rishi, and other leaders of the party were also present on the occasion. |
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Cong councillor denies leaving party Ambala, April 20 Addressing mediapersons at Congress Bhavan here today, he said he had gone to meet Mr Vij in the PWD Rest House yesterday to ask him about the delay in the construction of the community centre in his ward. He claimed that Mr Vij told him that if he joined his party, the construction work of the community centre would be expedited. “Mr Vij asked one of his supporters to type out a letter in this regard and asked me to sign it. When I tried to read it, he told me that the note was about the development works in my ward. I signed it without reading it. The question of my leaving the Congress does not arise,” he claimed. According to information available, Mr Nath had yesterday given a letter to the local MLA, asking him to give him a chance to become a member of his party so that he could work for the development of Ambala Cantonment. Mr
Vij, when contacted, said Mr Nath had approached him with the request of enrolling him in the party and his allegations were baseless. “On the contrary, he had been telling us that he wanted to leave the Congress due to the opposition he was facing from the party leader in the MC, Mr Hira Lal
Yadav. It is for Congress leaders to handle their partymen instead of blaming us, Mr Vij
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Friends foil plan to sell girls Karnal, April 20 A classmate of the girls who came to know about the deal shared the information with the other girls who brought the matter to the notice of Mr Sukhbir Singh, Headmaster of Sanskar Bharati School. They then reached the house of the girls where some people from Sagga village were present along with the youths. The residents of Sagga who had come to Hari Singhpura clashed with villagers and amongst themselves and later left the village. |
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Action against college principal sought Sirsa, April 20 Mr Gupta was the convener of the flying squad constituted by Kurukshetra University for visiting various examination centres at Hisar. Other members of the squad were Mr Ashok Bhatia, Mr Vedpal Arya and Mr Inderjeet Dhingra. During the visit the convener of the squad was charged with misbehaving by the Principal FC College, on the basis of which the managing committee of the college lodged a complaint with the police. Mr Gupta was arrested and was subjected to physical and mental torture due to which he was admitted to the Hisar Civil Hospital in serious condition. According to the members of the flying squad, Mr Gupta visited the college and reportedly found certain irregularities. The principal accused him of indulging in indecent behaviour and before Mr Gupta could say anything the police were called in, saying that a person had entered the girls’ college and was misbehaving with them. |
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Woman suffers 95 pc burns Ambala, April 20 According to information available, Sulochana, a resident of Batrohan village in Naggal constituency, is married and has two children. Her brother Hakam Singh, a resident of Bhaddi village, has alleged that she was set on fire by her in-laws following some family dispute today morning. He said her former husband had also burnt himself to death due to alleged family tension and thereupon she was married to his younger brother. The police is investigating into the matter. Four hurt: Four persons were injured in an accident between an auto-rickshaw and a tractor-trailer near Satsang Bhavan on the Jalbhera road, here on Saturday night. According to information available, Gurmail Singh of Rajpura, his wife Karnail Kaur, Surinder Singh and Ram Lakhan sustained injuries in the accident. Karnail Kaur, who was seriously injured, was admitted to the local Civil
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Haryana plans rehabilitation centres for Bhiwani, April 20 This was announced by Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala at a function here today where he inaugurated a Rs 20 lakh district rehabilitation centre for the physically-challenged people and gave away artificial limbs to the physically-challenged people. He said Rs 22 crore would be spent during this financial year as against Rs 19 crore spent during last financial year to provide assistance to the physically challenged persons. A sum of Rs 18.40 crore had been earmarked to provide tricycles, wheal chairs, crutches and hearing aids whereas Rs 16.50 crore was spent for the purpose during the last financial year. He said the handicapped had been given three per cent reservation in jobs and free travel facilities in government buses. The Chief Minister gave away appliances and aids costing Rs 12.50 lakh to 357 handicapped people. Mr Chautala also planted a sapling in the complex of the rehabilitation center. Mr Chautala was accompanied by Minister of State for Education Bahadur Singh, Minister of State for Social Welfare Risal Singh, MLA Mr Shashi Ranjan Parmar and senior officers of the state government. JIND: Mr Chautala said on Sunday that a sports University will be established in Jind and it would be named after Deenbandhu Sir Chhotu Ram. Speaking at a public function organised at the local Government College in honour of Dr A.K. Chawla, the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Mr Chautala said that as per decision of the government, the educational institutions of Haryana are being named after great personalities of India. Earlier, Mr Chautala was a chief guest at mass marriage function organised under the auspices of the Arya Pradeshik Prathinidhi Sabha, New Delhi and the Arya Yuvak Samaj on the occasion of Mahatma Hansraj birth anniversary at the local DAV School, Jind. Marriages of 125 poor girls was solemnized at the function. Mr Sahib Singh Verma, Union Labour Minister and Gyan Prakash Chopra President of the All India DAV colleges Managing Committee, were the guests of honour.
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District hospitals to have CAT scan facility Yamunanagar, April 20 He added that CAT scan facility had been provided to help poor patient who could not afford to go to big cities for this. Dr Ranga stated that Haryana government had increased health budget to the extent Rs 100 crore. He said that last year’s Budget was Rs 367 crore which has been increased to Rs 467 crore for 2003-04. He said that the Haryana government was spending Rs 203 on citizen every year. Mr Ranga added that since the present government came to power 37 Primary Health Centres (PHC) and Community Health Centres (CHC) had been completed and these had started functioning. He said that 11 more PHC and CHC would also start functioning. Dr M.L. Ranga said that a Trauma Centre costing Rs 3 crore had already been completed at Karnal and work at Sirsa and Rewari was going on. |
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Two die in mishaps Kurukshetra, April 20 Kewal Singh of Chhailon village and Lakhwinder Singh of Santram Farm died on the spot while Gurpreet Singh and Amarjeet Singh of Chananpur and Gurprit Singh of Nanakpura structured injuries. Bodies of the deceased were handed over to their relatives after a post-mortem examination in the local civil hospital here. The injured are being treated in a private nursing home in Pehowa, sources said. In another accident, three people, including a woman, were injured when their scooter was hit by a mini-truck near Pipli.
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Councillor booked for assault Kurukshetra, April 20 According to Mr Rameshwar, Navneet was attacked with a lathi when he was returning home on his motorcycle at around 8 p.m. He alleged that Mr Satpal Singh continued to beat him even after he had fallen from the motorcycle. He was later rushed to hospital. Mr Rameshwar said later the accused, with the help of others, threw stones at Navneet’s house. Mr Rameshwar said the next morning he was attacked with a knife. Claiming the allegations as baseless, Mr Satpal said his neighbour and Navneet’s mother had got a false case registered against him as she had supported his rival candidate during the last municipal elections. |
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Head constable dies in mishap Karnal, April 20 The accident occurred when their car was hit by a tractor-trailor. Rachpal Singh was taken to the trauma centre here in a serious condition where he succumbed to his injuries. The Head Constable was cremated with full state honours at Nilokheri today. |
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