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INLD govt to fall in 3 months: Bhajan Regional parties’
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Kirpa Ram Poonia joins BJP
Secondary salinisation
needs attention: expert MC staff for timely payment of pension Doctor held for nurse’s murder Three killed in accidents
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INLD govt to fall in 3 months: Bhajan Jhajjar, May 1 “The people will get rid of this government within three months”, he said while addressing a public meeting in favour of the party nominee from Sonepat Mr Dharampal Singh Malik, at Bahadurgarh last evening. The meeting first got delayed due to rain and was also interrupted a couple of times. Mr
R.K. Dhawan, general secretary, AICC, criticised the BJP-led NDA government for its India Shining campaign. Mr Karan Singh Dalal, the MLA from Palwal, who joined the Congress recently, came down heavily on the Chautala government. He targeted the local INLD MLA, alleging that the deteriorating law and order situation at Bahadurgarh had made the life of the local residents miserable. He said nearly 140 murders had taken place in the town during the past four years, which itself spoke volumes of criminal rule in the town. Mr Mange Ram Gupta, a Congress MLA and former state Finance Minister, and Mr Malik also addressed the gathering. Local Congress members
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Regional
parties’ support vital to form govt, says Chautala Ambala, May 1 He was speaking after being accorded a warm welcome near the Panchkula-Ambala border at Nada Sahib, from where he started his roadshow in a “Vijay Rath”. Mr Chautala alleged that the NDA government had not released the Rs 3,000-crore share of Haryana and delayed the settlement of the SYL issue. The Union government further did not allow the Haryana government to take over the private sugar mills of the state, which were not paying the MSP to the sugarcane producers for their produce, he said. He criticised the Union Home Minister for his statement to support the Congress instead of regional parties. He said after May 13, Mr Advani would be aware of the importance of regional parties. He assured the people that after the Lok Sabha elections, he would again start the “Sarkar aapke dwar programme”. The pending development works would be completed during the remaining period of his government, he added. The candidate of the INLD from Ambala, Mr Balwant Singh, and the Naraingarh MLA, Mr Pawan Diwan
Swhahni, accompanied Mr Chautala in this campaign. |
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Campaign Trail Jansui (Ambala), May 1 Contesting the parliamentary elections for the fifth time, the leader is used to the travails of campaigning. She achieved success at a young age when she became one of the youngest ministers in the Narasimha Rao government. Although she has represented the Sirsa constituency, she is contesting from this constituency for the first time. Ms Selja begins her day with meeting people at her residence in Sector 9, Urban Estate, in Ambala City, at times as early as 6.30 am. Yesterday’s programme was chalked out in advance, assisted in her campaigning by former Haryana minister Nirmal Singh. She visited a number of villages, including Chapra, Sonta, Jansui, Naggal, Baknaur, Udaipur, Naneola, Chormastpur, Balana, Jalbera, Tharwa Majri, Gada, Bada, Nanhera and Kolan. She also had to make several unscheduled stops and take detours on the request of local people. Ms Selja, who is using a black Scorpio for campaigning, says she likes the hustle and bustle of campaigning. “Although I get merely two or three hours of sleep a day, I enjoy meeting people. I like reaching out to them,” she said. Dressed in simple salwar-kameez, she makes it a point to interact with women. She is also not too fond of jewellery and wears simple earrings. “I do not believe in any form of ostentatious display,” she says. At the public meetings she appeals to the voters to choose the “correct candidate” since it is to decide the future of the nation. “Your vote will decide what type of government is formed. You gave our opponents an opportunity and look at the poor result. Today, there is a wave in favour of the Congress,” she says. Referring to the minimum support price for farmer’s produce, Ms Selja says the Congress had introduced it for the benefit of the farmers but the BJP wants to finish it. “The Indian National Lok Dal has pursued anti-farmer policies. It has harassed farmers and a case was registered against BKU president Ghasi Ram Nain. The INLD had claimed that it would provide free power but it did not do so,” she told farmers at Naggal village. Ms Selja stressed that there was no feel-good factor in the country. “The BJP has looked after the interest of only a handful of elite people,” she said, adding, “Only Ms Gandhi has reached out to the masses.” |
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Kataria
poses questions to Sonia Ambala, May 1 Mr Kataria’s first question: “Is giving the party ticket to an outsider in Ambala not an insult to the electorate?” The second question: “Kumari Selja had decided not to contest the 1999 election due to infighting and pressure from the Chautala government, so what action has been initiated against her?” The third question: “What is the relation of Quattorocchi with Sonia Gandhi’s family?” The fourth question “How can Ms Sonia Gandhi suggest that regional parties do not have a role in nation building?” The last question: “What is the reason that the Congress and its allies have not arrived at a consensus over the prime ministerial candidate?” |
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PM visiting Jhajjar today Jhajjar, May 1 Mr Pradeep Jain, state unit spokesman told here today that many central leaders would also accompany the Prime Minister. He told that it is the first political rally in Jhajjar which would be attended and addressed by the Prime Minister, earlier, Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru and Ch. Charan Singh had come to the town. The security agencies of the state and central government have also been deployed in the town for foolproof security arrangements. |
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Kirpa Ram Poonia joins BJP Rohtak, May 1 Mr Poonia had been campaigning for the past two days in villages of Rohtak constituency for Congress nominee Bhupinder Singh Hooda. However, he suddenly surfaced at the residence of BJP nominee for the Rohtak Lok Sabha seat Capt Abhimanyu Singh where he announced his decision to quit the Congress and join the BJP. |
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Secondary salinisation
needs attention: expert Hisar, May 1 Addressing the audience at the valedictory function of a week-long training course on remote sensing and geographical information system for school teachers organised by HARSAC on the university here campus last evening, he said central Haryana comprising Rohtak, Jhajhar, Jind and Hisar districts was facing the problem of secondary salinisation because of the rising water table. He said the problem had so far defied a solution but scientists should give attention to this problem and prepare a blueprint. This would help in reclaiming the salt-affected soil. He said there was a difference of about 7.8 lakh hectares in the area shown during the rabi and kharif seasons, which may be due to various reasons like non-availability of water or poor water quality. This was a potential area for agro-forestry and agro-horticulture. This could help boost the economy of the farmers in this area.
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MC staff for timely payment of pension Ambala, May 1 Mr Ashok Jain said retired employees of the municipal council were facing acute hardship since they had not received their pension since February. Mr Jain said that many retired employees were facing health problems and they were finding it difficult to get along without pension. He said the timely payment of pension was the duty of the Haryana Government, which it had failed to do. |
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Doctor held for nurse’s murder Sirsa, May 1 The sources said in the initial interrogation the accused has confessed that in order to erase evidence of his crime he had also killed a youth named Suresh Kumar who was his accomplice in the murder.The victim Jasbir Kaur Dhillon, a widow who was running her nursing home was found murdered in her residence. She was found to be strangulated with a telephone cable on January 20 night. The police after registering a case of murder on the complaint of deceased’s son had summoned a team of finger print experts from Madhuban which later took the finger prints of 12 persons who frequented the deceased’s residence and latter arrested the doctor. — PTI
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Three killed in accidents Fatehabad, May 1 The deceased were identified as Lok Ram and canter driver Mani Ram. In another incident, Jagat Pal, a 19-year-old drug addict, was crushed under a train near Sulikhera village. In yet another incident, nine persons travelling in a jeep were seriously injured when the vehicle struck a tree near Jandli village. According to reports, the driver, in an effort to save a scooterist, dashed against a tree. |
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