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May 9, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Cong
questions CM’s claim Withdraw
security of CM’s sons: Cong DC reviews
mela arrangements Land lease to Persians cancelled Hooda
decries banks’ action HIGH COURT |
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‘Withdraw’
new education policy Residents end
dharna
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Cong questions CM’s claim Gurgaon, May 8 Reacting to a statement of Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala made
here, a few days ago, that the government’s policy had induced foreign investments in the industrial sector to the tune of several thousand crores of rupees and facilitated jobs to a large number of youths, the organising secretary and spokesperson for the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC), Mr Vinay Rathee, said the government was misleading the people of the state. The government’s version was “calibrated to mislead and manipulate the popular opinion” with a view to covering up the real damage being done to the people of
Haryana, he added. The Congress leader said that an analytical study of the foreign investments claimed by the Chief Minister revealed that in reality the jobs that had accrued had gone to people staying in Delhi. A testimony to this was large of vehicles loaded with workforce coming from the capital to Gurgaon. He wondered why these vehicles did not come from the nearby Rohtak, Rewari, Sonepat and other parts of the state. He threw the gauntlet to the ruling INLD to prove him wrong on the issue. Mr Rathee attributed the phenomenon of Haryanvis being deprived of jobs in the industrial sector to the lack of vocational training and skills. This shortcoming was due to the faulty education policy of the government. The Congress leader charged that in reality the
farmers, who still constituted 70 per cent of the demography of the all were being made poorer. Their land was being acquired by the government at throwaway prices and sold to big business houses and foreign firms at astronomical rates. Referring to HVP’s drive to collect names of youths for giving them jobs when if voted to power, the party ignored the issue when it was in power. |
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security of CM’s sons: Cong Fatehabad, May 8 Talking to newspersons here today the President of the All-India Youth Congress, Mr Randeep Singh Surjewala, said neither there was any perceived threat to the Chief Minister’s sons nor they were holding any constitutional post. “They are mere legislators and no other legislator of the state has been provided with so much security”, he added. Alleging that the police and the civil administration of Fatehabad was partisan, Mr Surjewala said the Election Commission should depute special observers here to keep a watch on the civil administration. He alleged that the ruling party had done “complete Lokdalisation” of the police. He also alleged that the police was threatening people that they would be implicated in false cases if they did not vote for the INLD nominee. Mr Surjewala demanded that the state police should be withdrawn even from ordinary duties and the constituency should be handed over to the paramilitary forces, which should stage flag marches in the urban and rural areas to instil confidence among the people. He alleged that yesterday the police impounded two vehicles in which women leaders of the Congress were travelling. Demanding the registration of a criminal case against Mr Ajay Singh for allegedly crushing to death a six-year-old Dalit girl on the Bighar-Salem Khera road on May 6, Mr Surjewala said a compensation of Rs 5 lakh should be paid to the family of the girl. |
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DC reviews mela arrangements Kurukshetra, May 8 The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Abhilaksh Likhi, said here today that about 10 lakh pilgrims were likely to take a holy dip in the sacred Brahmsarovar and Sannihit Sarovar here. Mr Likhi had convened a meeting of the mela officers yesterday to review the mela arrangements. He said the Thanesar Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Dr Narhari Singh Bangar, had been appointed mela administrator while the District Panchayat and Development Officer, Mr Amrit Lal Bathla, had been appointed, mela officer. Mr Likhi pointed out that besides providing drinking water facilities and health services, fair price shops would be established in the mela area to provide essential commodities to the pilgrims. All mela arrangements, including security arrangements, were likely to be completed within a week. He said a media centre would also be opened on the premises of the Kurukshetra Development Board (KDB) office so that the people in India and abroad could get every type of information on mela
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Land lease to Persians cancelled Ambala, May 8 As per the orders of the Director, Urban Development and Local Bodies, leaving aside 616 sq yard for the graveyard, the lease of the remaining land has been cancelled. The order further states that the land illegally occupied by the owners of the furniture showroom be vacated with the help of the government machinery. Though the owners yesterday managed to take a stay order from the court, the authorities are determined to deal with them sternly. According to highly-placed sources, the erstwhile British government had in 1910 given 2.10 acres of land located on the Ambala-Delhi highway, opposite the Indian Oil depot, on lease to the Persian community. In the lease deed signed for an indefinite period, the land was made available to them at the rate of Rs 24 per annum and it was mentioned that the land would be used for the cremation of members of the community. The terms further stipulated that the leasee cannot change the land use without government approval. The sources disclosed that the land was highly priced due to its prime location along the GT Road and within the municipal limits of the cantonment. However, in 1990, an industrialist took a major chunk of this land on a 99-year lease from the secretary of the Persian community, Mr Ismail Masseh, for setting up a furniture showroom. The sub-letting of the land to Harbans Singh and Kulwant Singh was in violation of the previous lease deed norms. A saw mill and a workshop have also been set up here. Investigations were carried out by the vigilance and the Urban Development Departments into the alleged land scams in the cantonment area and the inquiry report in this case revealed that the land use had been changed by the leasee (Persian community) without approval. Following the inquiry, the Secretary, Urban Development, Haryana, had cancelled the lease deed, leaving aside 616 sq yard for the graveyard. A month’s notice has been given to the leasee through the municipal council and the said period expired on May 4. Simultaneously, another notice was served on the owners of a Gulati showroom to vacate the piece of land sub-let to them on a voluntary basis. The sources revealed that when the owners did not comply with the orders, the MC had sought police help on May 5 to get the place vacated but the same could not be made available since the force was busy elsewhere. However, in the meantime, the owners took a stay from the court of the Judicial Magistrate, Mr Sandeep Singh, till June 6 who has directed the authorities concerned to take action in accordance with the law. The Executive Officer of the MC, Mr K.K Jain, when contacted said they would file a case under the Public Premises Act for illegal occupation of public property and subsequently take action. Interestingly, there are hardly any Persians residing in the city and questions are also being raised if the land, for which the deed is not cancelled, is really needed for cremation purposes by the Persians. The local, MLA, Mr Anil Vij, confirmed that there were hardly any Persians here now and the land could be put to better use. |
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banks’ action Chandigarh, May 8 This action is outrageous in view of drought in the state and the state government’s failure to make payment to sugarcane farmers, Mr Hooda said in a statement here today. Mr Hooda demanded immediate release of the farmers detained for their inability to repay loans besides the waving of agricultural loans for the current year. Farmers were being put in prisons at a time when they were already on the verge of starvation due to
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, May 8 In an application filed before the Bench, the state asserted that a decision had been taken by the Council of Ministers during a meeting held on May 1 for appointing a fresh Commission of Inquiry. Moreover, the litigation was likely to take time. As such permission should be granted to the state for withdrawing the appeal. Challenging the judgement on 24 grounds, the state, in its appeal, had earlier contended that the order was liable to be set aside as it was based on conjectures and surmises. Giving details, the state had submitted that an anomalous situation had arisen because of the fact that the commission had completed its proceedings and had already submitted its final report to the state government prior to the pronouncement of the judgement. Thus, the commission had become “functus-officio”. The Single Judge was apprised of the situation. Now, the question of law was whether the quashing of the notification regarding the appointment of the commission was sustainable in law as it had become “functus-officio” after the submission of its final report. It was further submitted that the Judge had erred in holding that material was not placed before the Council of Ministers for forming an opinion regarding the appointment of the commission. No such material was required to be placed formally before the council. Moreover, the Judge had failed to appreciate the fact the policy of prohibition was withdrawn by Haryana’s former Chief Minister, Bansi Lal, himself. The former Chief Minister, in his petition, had also sought the quashing of a show-cause notice issued to him on May 2 last year. He had claimed that the commission, under political pressure exerted by the Chief Minister and son, Ajay, had manipulated affidavits and statements of rival party activists from Bhiwani, Mahendragarh and Gurgaon. His counsel had claimed that in most of the cases the deponents were not even aware of the purpose behind procuring the affidavits and had simply put their signatures or thump impressions on a blank
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‘Withdraw’ new education policy Kurukshetra, May 8 This was decided by the manch at its district-level meeting held at Pipli, 5 km from here, yesterday. State unit president of the manch Jai Singh Sharma warned the state government that if any action was initiated against them, they would have to face dire consequences. The state unit chairman, Mr Gurmeet Singh Kashyap, said a delegation would call upon the Haryana Chief Minister, shortly and would submit a memorandum in this regard.
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dharna Sirsa, May 8 The compromise was reached after the uprooted residents were offered plots on the Panchayati Land near the Barnala road in Vedhwala village by the Deputy Commissioner. These plots will be given at a rate of Rs 140 square yard. The delegation representing the residents of Subhash
Basti, included Rajender Sharma, Jagdeep, Narender Sharma, Jag Singh, Jageer Singh and Ganga Bhisan
Chalia, Hoshiari Lal Sharma and Bhola Jain of Congress. SDM Sirsa M.L. Kaushik assured the delegation that the residents of the said colony would be settled in a developed colony with roads, power, water and sewerage facilities. Nearly 70 houses were razed during an anti-encroachment drive by the District Administration, which had forced residents stage dharna outside the camp office of the Deputy Commissioner. The dispute was settled today. |
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