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Suspended BJP MLAs stage dharna Shimla, December 18 Prof P.K. Dhumal, leader of the BJP Legislature group, who has not been suspended, also joined the dharna. The members also staged a street play on the alleged conversation between Congress leaders and Mr S.M. Katwal, a former Chairman of the State Subordinate Services Selection Board. Prof Dhumal said the BJP would expose the Congress leaders who had approached Mr Katwal for the selection of candidates and charged the BJP with patronising corruption. He said the government claimed to have given 6,000 jobs but nobody knew who were the beneficiaries. He urged the government to give the particulars of those given the jobs. He maintained that the BJP members had been suspended to avoid a debate as the Congress did not have the courage to face the Opposition on this issue. Mr Mohinder Singh, the lone Him Lok Tantrik Morcha member, said there had been only three sessions of the Vidhan Sabha since the Congress came to power and members of the Opposition had been suspended twice, clearly indicating the attitude of the ruling party. Meanwhile, chief minister Virbhadra Singh, today said that the BJP members had gone “virtually berserk” in their anxiety to shield Mr Katwal. It was for the first time in the history of the Vidhan Sabha that a party was protesting against the ruling of the Speaker in the streets. This was inspite of the fact that the Speaker had allowed a discussion on the Katwal tapes under Rule 130. He said the government was not averse to discuss the issue inside or outside the House. |
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Speaker ‘anguished’ over suspended MLAs’ conduct Shimla, December 18 In a statement here today he expressed shock over the ignorance of the suspended members regarding the rules of business and directions issued from time to time. The rule 319 (3) clearly stated that a suspended member shall forthwith withdraw from the precincts of the house which had been defined. |
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BJP burns effigy, police denies it Shimla, December 18 Mr Ganesh Dut, spokesperson for the party, said the effigy was burnt to highlight the demand for a CBI probe into the Katwal issue. He said Mr Virbhadra Singh and other ministers whose conversations were recorded on the tape should resign to pave away for an impartial probe. Mr Yog Raj Thakur, SP, said the protesters were not allowed to burn the effigy as it could provoke others to stage similar protests. |
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NSUI activists burn effigies of Dhumal, Katwal Hamirpur, December 18 Earlier, they held a demonstration and raised slogans against Mr Dhumal and Mr Katwal. They also raised slogans against the Principal of the polytechnic for harming the prospects of 20 students who had been detained. A group of students of the polytechnic also held a 24-hour relay fast outside the office of the Principal in support of their demands. The students have been demanding a special chance for those who have been detained for various reasons. They threatened to intensify the stir if the demands were not met shortly. Meanwhile, the Hamirpur unit of the NSUI has extended support to the student’s agitation. The unit alleged that the authorities were to be blamed for the unrest on the campus. The NSUI has appealed to the state government to look into the demands of the polytechnic students and provide them justice. |
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Pension in various categories approved Shimla, December 18 In Shimla district alone, 2,262 cases were pending, out of which 94 were in Jubbal and 68 in Kotkhai tehsil. Replying to a question, Mr B.B. Butail, Revenue Minister, said the total loss caused by rain in the state was Rs 310 crore and the government had spent Rs 37.54 crore from its own resources on relief measures. The Central Government had so far sanctioned Rs 18.87 crore as against the budget provision of Rs 50 crore under the natural calamity relief fund. Mrs Vidya Stokes, Minister for Power, said the government had accepted the report of the high-powered committee that reviewed MoUs for the execution of hydel projects signed during the BJP rule and it was in the process of taking action recommended by the Cabinet subcommittee. She said in all MoUs for 17 hydel projects were reviewed and it had been decided to issue show-cause notices in five cases where the companies concerned had not achieved the required milestones. She said in six cases work was progressing as per the milestones laid down in the MoUs and had been decided to re-advertise two projects. Mr Virbhadra Singh said all those projects in which no action had been proposed would be deemed cleared by the committee. In other cases, action would be taken following the due process of law. The Revenue Minister said rules for the allotment of residential plots in the rehabilitation colonies of the Kol Dam project had been notified. The list of oustees had been prepared by the Deputy Commissioners of Mandi, Shimla, Bilaspur and Solan where the work was being executed. |
Shortage of specialists hits hospital work
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HC notice to Secys
on quota for visually disabled Shimla, December 18 The petitioner has prayed that the state government may be directed to provide one per cent reservation for the visually disabled as per the provision of Persons with Disabilities (equal opportunities protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995. The court also directed the state to file a reply in eight weeks. |
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Factory employee killed, Rs 3.65 lakh stolen Una, December 18 Owner of the factory Ajay Kumar informed the police that an employee of the factory, Ram Krishan, who was also his uncle was found murdered and the locks of the office and the factory were broken. A sum of Rs 3.65 lakh was also missing from the chest, he added. Mr Ajay Kumar said that he had brought Rs 4 lakh in cash from Kurali and kept it in the chest. The police has registered a case under Sections 302, 457, 458 and 380 of the IPC. —
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