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July 10, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Gurjar accuses Chautala of corruption
Haryana BJP
to begin membership drive 24 villagers fall ill after drinking well water |
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‘Kaithal kendra to be role model’ Indo-Pak bus service opposed
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Gurjar accuses Chautala of corruption Chandigarh, July 9 Mr Gurjar, who was apparently provoked by a statement made by Mr Abhey Chautala at Panchkula on Monday regarding a vigilance probe against three former ministers of the BJP, challenged the Chief Minister to put him behind the bars on the basis of the vigilance inquiry being carried out against him. The BJP leader said the charges made by Mr Om Prakash Chautala or his MLA son, Mr Abhey Singh Chautala, would not determine whether a person was honest or dishonest. “The public will decide who is honest and who is not at the time of the elections”, Mr Gurjar said. Talking to newsmen here today, Mr Gurjar alleged the Chief Minister indulged in widespread corruption, and claimed that Mr Chautala had bought properties even in foreign countries including Australia. If his allegations were found to be untrue, he could be punished, Mr Gurjar said. About the state government’s decision to give additional charge of the State Vigilance Bureau(SVB) to DGP M.S. Malik, Mr Gurjar said Mr K. Koshy and subsequently Mr G S Malhi were shifted from the SVB Director’s office because they refused to implicate politicians in false cases. “Mr Malik is a stooge of Chautala. He does whatever he is asked to do”, the BJP MLA said, a team of state BJP leaders would meet Home Minister L.K. Advani and urge him to ask the CBI to probe the properties amassed by various political leaders of Haryana. Mr Gurjar added the state BJP would be delighted if the INLD decided to sever ties with it. “We have been requesting our high command time and again to snap ties with the INLD”, he said. |
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Chander, Abhey trade charges
Panchkula, July 9 The “invasion” into this Congress citadel by Mr Abhey Chautala has also prodded the party leadership to throw its hat in the ring and pose a challenge to the Indian National Lok Dal leadership in the local municipal counsel. Mr Chander Mohan, local Congress MLA and son of state Congress chief, Bhajan Lal, in a show of strength with at least seven Congress councillors, today claimed that the local unit of the party was all geared up to pose a formidable opposition in the municipal council here, till the time they gained the requisite majority to dethrone the INLD President. Claiming that Mr Abhey Chautala’s announcement to contest the next Assembly elections against him from the Kalka Assembly seat was of no significance, Mr Chander Mohan said, “The people of this constituency will teach them a lesson. Inka to kaam hai ek halke se doosre mein bhagna. Kabi Uttaranchal, kabhi Delhi or ab Rajasthan. Yahan par inko moonh tor jawab milega.” The MLA said “I cannot stoop to his (Abhey’s) level and make allegations. He called me, my father and other family members names in different public meetings. He did not even spare our party President, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, but my family values forbid me to lose grace and speak in their language,” he said. Talking about the formation of the municipal council, elections and the subsequent political fallout for his party, Mr Chander Mohan said though the party was opposed to the constitution of a local body here and had boycotted the elections, the “pressurising of Congress-minded Councillors” by the INLD and forcing them to join their party, had forced them to bring their Councillors together and stand with them. “I will now be attending meetings of the municipal council to show my solidarity with the councillors,” he said. Mr Chander Mohan said other than the seven councillors present with him today, another four were expected to come back in the party fold shortly. “In no time, we will manage a majority and then dethrone Mrs Seema Chaudhary as president,” he claimed. He also spoke about the misuse of official machinery during Mr Chautala’s visit. :He is not a Chief Minister that work in all district offices have to be closed for officers to tag along with him in his public meetings.” The District Congress president, Mr R.S. Chauhan, while addressing mediapersons, said against the claims made by Mr Abhey Chautala about carrying development works in the satellite township, it was the Congress that had allocated money on the development of Panchkula, which was now being used by the Chautala government. “It was the Congress that had given Panchkula a district status,” he added.  |
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Haryana BJP
to begin membership drive Ambala, July 9 Mr Aggarwal said active members would start the membership drive by August 1. The mandal samitis would be formed of active members and the names of the new members would be entered into registers by August 15, he said adding that from August 16 to 31, mandal elections would be held and from September 1 to 15, district elections would be held. He said Ambala would have 17 mandals and July 25 to 27, everyday atleast three mandal meetings would be attended by either him or Mr Kanwar Pal. He said one or two representatives from each booth would also attend these meetings. |
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24 villagers fall ill after drinking well water Kaithal, July 9 Some of those admitted to the hospital were discharged but more than 12 persons were still under treatment. Attendants of some patients said Deepak was the first victim of this disease and he was in a private hospital since July 6. The water in the village was supplied by the Public Health Department, but in the absence of any public water post in their basti they were forced to draw water for their daily needs from the two wells. On getting information about the arrival of patients in the hospital, the administration immediately swung into action and the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anurag Agarwal directed the CMO, Dr N.K. Dhawan, to send a team of doctors to the village. Mr Agarwal also ordered the
installation of two hand pumps in the Balmiki Basti. He also directed the health authorities to provide free medical aid to all those admitted in the hospital. Dr Dhawan said a temporary medical post has been set up in the village and doctors had been asked to keep a watch on the situation. |
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‘Kaithal kendra to be role model’ Kaithal, July 9 The driving licences and vehicle registration procedures will be
computerised. This information was given to mediapersons here today by the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anurag Agarwal after meeting a group of advisers sent by the Department of Information Technology. The delegation was on a visit to this place to observe the functioning of Ekal Seva Kendra set up by the district administration for the computerised registration of vehicles , issuance of driving licences and various certificates. The Deputy Commissioner said the Information Technology Department has selected Kaithal in Haryana and Dharamsala district in Himachal Pradesh as a role model for this purpose. Under this scheme a group of three reputed private companies has been constituted, which will visit these two districts and submit it’s report to the Information Technology Department. Earlier, the team members visited the Ekal Seva Kendra here and had first hand information about the techniques used in the functioning of this centre. The team members observed the preparation of driving licences, vehicle registration certificates, Caste certificates, birth and death certificates. The Deputy Commissioner said after the introduction of computerised system, the role of touts and middlemen has been completely eliminated. After visiting the computerised centre Mr T.M. Balakrishnan, Additional Transport Commissioner, Government of India and Mr Shivaramakrishnan Consultant of PWHC company, said the Kendra would work as a role model for other districts of the state. |
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Indo-Pak bus service opposed Ambala, July 9 Talking to mediapersons here yesterday, Dr Shandilya said that before the bus service began on July 11, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee must give an assurance that this bus service would not be followed by a Kargil-like situation and the bus service would not be misused by militants to enter into the country. Dr Shandilya said that only after this assurance by the Prime Minister should the Indo-Pak bus service be re-started. “If by July 11, there is no assurance to this effect, then we will start an agitation against the bus service,” he said. |
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A doctor for Rs 700 a month Chandigarh, July 9 Doctors who have received the letters for the job of a house surgeon in government hospital are shocked. One of them told Chandigarh Tribune on the condition of anonymity that this was ridiculous as even a peon got more salary. Interestingly, a house surgeon gets Rs 9,400 per month in Chandigarh and Rs 8,700 per month in Haryana. MBBS medicos are employed as house surgeons. The minimum wage for unskilled labour under the labour laws is about Rs 3000 per month and even labourers get a wage of about Rs 75 a day. |
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6 injured in
Qualis-bus crash Ambala, July 9 The accident took place at about noon when the Qualis rammed into the bus near SP Railway office on the GT Road. The accident threw traffic out of gear and normalcy was restored only after the vehicles had been moved aside. The persons travelling in the Qualis were taken out of the damaged vehicle. While two of the injured were taken to the Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantonment, the remaining were taken to the city Civil Hospital. Three of the injured were later referred to the PGI, Chandigarh. The bus was going from Rishikesh to Chandigarh while the Qualis was headed towards Dera Bassi. |
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