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Congress LS Nominees
Congregation Heat
Dera followers stage a dharna on the NH-10 in Fatehabad on Monday demanding the arrest of Baljit Singh Dadu. A Tribune photograph |
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SC rejects plea on Aravalli
ranges
State BJP sends names for 6 seats
Poll code spoils Cong party
Double Murder
Dhull is PGIMS director
Robbers strike at DLF house
Students end stir
Imposition of costs
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Decision on 4 seats left to Sonia
Yoginder Gupta Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 2 The SC has no state leader as its member. It is headed by Karnataka MP BK Hariprasad and union ministers Anand Sharma and Prithviraj Chavan are its members. Chavan, a member of the Congress Working Committee, is also in charge of party affairs in Haryana. Among the members of the SEC who attended the meeting were Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, party chief Phool Chand Mullana, its working president Kuldeep Sharma, chairman of the campaign committee Venod Sharma, Selja, Inderjit Singh and Ram Prakash, all MPs; Birender Singh, Capt Ajay Singh Yadav and Harmohinder Singh Chatha, all ministers; and heads of the state units of front organisations like the Mahila Congress, the Sewa Dal, the Youth Congress and the NSUI. According to sources, the meeting discussed broad parameters for the selection of candidates like representation to the minorities, women, youth and various castes. It also discussed the likely opposition candidates in various constituencies. The sources say while the meeting was almost unanimous about the renomination of its sitting MPs from Ambala (Selja), Kurukshetra (Naveen Jindal), Hisar (Jai Prakash), Rohtak (Deepender Hooda), Faridabad (Avtar Bhadana) and Gurgaon (Rao Inderjit Singh), it left the final decision in regard to Karnal, Sonepat, Bhiwani and Sirsa to AICC president Sonia Gandhi. However, the members decided to continue to hold discussions among themselves about the likely candidates from these four constituencies so that in case the high command needs some feedback, it should be readily available. The SC will, the sources say, now meet individual members of the SEC as well as other prominent party leaders to have an assessment about the winnability of various candidates. The seats which have been left for Sonia to decide are considered “ticklish”. Last time Bhiwani was won by Kuldeep Bishnoi, who has formed his own party. Sirsa was won by Atma Singh Gill, who was embroiled in a controversy. Karnal was represented by Arvind Sharma, whose loyalty came under a cloud at the time of the trust vote faced by the UPA government in July last. Sonepat was won by the BJP. Some members urged the SC to keep in mind the loyalty factor also because the next government would in all probability be also a coalition, which might require trust vote repeatedly.
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Congregation Heat
Fatehabad, March 2 The dera followers, who had left in about 25 canters and trucks loaded with stones and sticks to take on the adversaries, were intercepted by the police at Ratia and were persuaded to return to Fatehabad after Deputy Commissioner JS Ahlawat convened a meeting of the peace committee in the canal rest house in Chandpura village and assured the representatives of the dera that their concerns would be addressed by the authorities. IG (Crime) Shatrujit Singh, SP (Crime) Sandeep Kheerwar and Fatehabad SP CS Rao have also been camping in the village along with a number of other officers to watch the developments. Earlier, a large number of dera followers started assembling in the local satsang ghar of the dera since morning after learning about the start of the congregation in Chandpura. “We have been let down by the authorities, who had assured us that Dadu will be arrested and the Sikh congregation will not be allowed,” alleged Narsi Dass Goyal, a local leader of the dera. The dera followers, including a large number of women, started raising slogans against the authorities and sat in dharna on the national highway demanding the arrest of Dadu. The dharna was lifted after SDM JK Abhir assured them that their grievances would be addressed. However, the dera followers again came out of their sangat ghar at 2 pm and left for Chandpura in large numbers with lathis and stones filled in their vehicles, ignoring persuasions and warnings of the authorities. As hundreds of dera followers were already sitting in the “naam charcha” ghar situated in Chandpura village since morning and many more were reaching the village from the surrounding area, the authorities were taken aback at the action of the local dera followers. However, they were stopped and persuaded to return from Ratia after Ahlawat spoke to their leaders in Chandpura and assured action. “We have been assured by the authorities that Dadu will be arrested under cases already registered against him,” said Narsi Dass Goyal. Meanwhile, Jathedar Balwant Singh Nandgarh, chief of Takht Damdama Sahib, and Sukhwinder Singh Khalsa, president of the Guru Granth Sahib Satkaar Sabha, also visited the Chandpura gurdwara and addressed the congregation.
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SC rejects plea on Aravalli
ranges
New Delhi, March 2 A Bench comprising Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan and P Sathasivam said miners were trying their best to have their way by filing various cases through proxy and dismissed a petition filed by a person claiming to represent a whole village from Faridabad. The court refused to allow the petitioner, Nyaya Bhoomi, an NGO, to withdraw its plea, instead of getting it dismissed. The Bench said allowing withdrawal would prompt the miners to file a similar plea through someone else. Lt-Col BB Saran, who appeared in person for the petitioner NGO, wanted recall of the Haryana government’s 1992 order declaring part of the state forest area. The dismissal of the petition has now finally closed the door on any future attempt to move the Apex Court challenging the 1992 forest order of the Haryana government. According to the petitioner, the 1992 order is in contravention to the Forest Act, 1900. The petitioner said the order was responsible for rampant corruption in the forest department and the harassment being faced by the people, both at the hands of officialdom and the state police. |
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State BJP sends names for 6 seats
Chandigarh, March 2 Confirming this, media in charge of the party Rajiv Jain said the committee had forwarded its recommendations to the high command. These recommendations would be put before the Parliamentary Board of the party when it would meet in Delhi on March 9. The final decision about the candidates would be taken by the board, he said, refusing to elaborate the recommendations of the selection committee of the state Congress. The BJP is contesting the elections in alliance with the INLD in the state. The two parties are yet to reach a decision about the sharing of the seats. While BJP leaders say their party will contest six of the 10 seats, INLD sources say it will be five each as was done in 1999, when the two parties last contested the elections together. In 2004, both had contested independently. Sources in the party say the BJP selection committee has recommended its candidates for six seats. For Ambala, Faridabad and Sonepat, the names of Ratan Lal Kataria, Ram Chander Bainda and Kishan Singh Sangwan have been recommended. All three had contested the elections from these constituencies last time also.The committee is believed to have recommended more than one names for Gurgaon, Rohtak and Karnal. For Gurgaon, likely names are former MP Sudha Yadav and Sudesh Yadav, wife of former union minister Hukam Deo Narain Yadav. For Rohtak, Capt Abhimanyu, who contested the seat last time also, and OP Dhankar, former national president of the Kisan Morcha, a front organisation of the party. Former union minister of the state for home affairs ID Swami, sources say, may have competitors in state BJP chief Atam Prakash Manchanda and vice-president Niti Sen Bhatia from Karnal. Meanwhile, INLD president Om Prakash Chautala has convened a press conference here tomorrow, where he may disclose his election strategy. |
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Poll code spoils Cong party
Chandigarh, March 2 However, a few days short of the anniversary of the Congress rule, which falls on March 5, the imposition of the model code of conduct has played a spoilsport for the Hooda government’s birthday party and the campaign has had an abrupt ending. Sources in the government maintain that the campaign worth Rs 4 crore is not public relations exercise, but term it as an “awareness campaign” to reach out to the masses with their policies and decisions. The government has now withdrawn advertisements for the next two days, nearly a week into the campaign. The attempt of the government to “reach out to the public” has not been taken too kindly by Opposition parties in the state, which have termed it as “blatant misuse of funds” of the state exchequer. Senior Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Sampat Singh said: “This is gross misuse of public funds. The campaign is an attempt to portray the Chief Minister as larger than life while all ministers and MLAs have been sidelined.” The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) has complained to the Election Commission of India about the violation of the model code of conduct by the Congress-led state government. In his complaint, secretary of the INLD Nachhattar Singh Malhan demanded that guilty officers should be punished for violations “as the government machinery is being misused to illegally benefit the Congress party and Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda” |
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Villagers stage dharna
Sushil Manav Tribune News Service
Sirsa, March 2 The villagers have also been demanding action against a police officer, who, they alleged, acted in an indifferent and insensitive manner after the incident in which the miscreants decamped with cash and gold ornaments worth Rs 10 lakh after killing the two women. The police, on the other hand, has registered criminal cases against 250 to 300 persons, six of whom have been identified, in the case of ransacking of the police station after the murders came to light on Sunday morning. The police has booked Raja, son of Roor Singh, Kikar Singh, son of Bawa Singh, Om Parkash, alias Passi, son of Des Raj, Gur Lal, son of Jagroop Soni, Manpreet, son of Gur Lal, Jasbir, son of Nachhatar Singh, and 250 to 300 others for causing hurt to deter a public servant from performing his duty, acts endangering the life or personal safety of others, assault otherwise than on grave provocation and rioting under Sections 332, 336, 352, 353, 186, 148 and 149 of the IPC.
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Dhull is PGIMS director
Rohtak, March 2 According to information, the appointment of Dhull, who has been working as the medical superintendent (MS) here for the past about three years, as the new director of the PGIMS was made by Governor AR Kidwai. Dhull assumed the charge of the office soon after the receipt of the communication regarding his new assignment here today. Doctors, staff members and students of the PGIMS congratulated him. Meanwhile, Dr SN Chugh, senior Professor, PGIMS, has been appointed as Pro vice-chancellor of the Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak. As per the communication received here from the Haryana Raj Bhavan, the orders regarding Chugh’s appointment will be effective from the date of creation of the post in the varsity. |
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Robbers strike at DLF house
Gurgaon, March 2 The incident took place at the house of Praveen Kumar Yadav in DLF Phase-II around 11.30 am. Yadav runs a business in the posh Galleria Market of the city. Yadav, his wife and children were not at home when the youths entered the house. They overpowered Yadav’s mother and two domestic help and decamped with cash, jewellery and other valuables reportedly worth lakhs of rupees. The robbers tied up the old woman and the two domestic help (one male) before fleeing from the scene of the crime. The police swung into action after the matter came to light and was reported at the police station. A case has been registered.
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Students end stir
Sonepat, March 2 The students had gone on strike in protest against the annual fee of Rs 68,700 being charged from them. They demanded that the fee be charged at the rate of Rs 4,500, which was being taken in the Government Ayurvedic College, Kurukshetra University. Besides, their demand included the revocation of suspension of 45 protesting students for 15 days. They said if their demands were not accepted by April 1, they would again go on an indefinite hunger strike from April 2.
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Haryana secy to explain
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 2 DGP to file affidavit
Haryana DGP has been asked to file within a week an affidavit on grace marks in a trainee ASI’s matter. Justice Uma Nath Singh and AN Jindal observed a head constable present in the court had brought the record, but it did not contain details to show the rationale behind awarding grace marks, which helped 22 candidates, out of a list of 67 trainees. |
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Rewari: Narender Kumar (21), a student of Class XII, reportedly committed suicide by jumping into a well in Budana village, near Dharuhera, on Monday. The police, which held inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC, said as per a statement of the family members, “dismal” performance in the on-going board examinations drove him to take the extreme step.
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Chandpura, where Sant Baljit Singh Dadu of Dadu Sahib Gurdwara is organising his three-day “Gurmat Samagam” since
yesterday.
