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Screening Panel Meeting
Dummy candidates to be under watch
BJP leader sees bias in ticket allotment
Ticket Heat
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Amend Hindu Marriage Act: Panchayat
Council for de-recognition of dental colleges
BSNL to provide subsidised PCs
7-yr jail for 5 teachers
No stopping ragging
Night harvesting of wheat banned
Social boycott: Man moves NHRC
Protest against ‘land grab’
Row over land for cremation ground
Joginder, Mamta’s appointment challenged
Missing woman found dead
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State Congress plays it safe
Yoginder Gupta Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 25 According to sources, instead of making its recommendations about the candidates, the state unit has decided to forward all applications received by it to the screening committee headed by BK Hariprasad, MP from Karnataka. The other members of the committee are union ministers Anand Sharma and Prithiraj Chavan, who is also in charge of the party affairs in Haryana. Barring Rohtak and Kurukshetra, the eight other seats have attracted more than one aspirant. The largest number of applicants is for the Sirsa reserved seat. The sources say about 150 persons have sought the Congress ticket from the seat, which is otherwise considered as a stronghold of the Chautalas of the Indian National Lok Dal. Sirsa is the native district of the Chautalas. Among the aspirants are sitting MP Atma Singh Gill and his son, former minister Santosh Sarwan and several former and serving government servants. Finance Minister Birender Singh, who has gone on record to say that he wants to contest from Sonepat, has not sent in his application for the party ticket to the state unit. From Karnal, besides sitting MP Arvind Sharma, former Haryana minister Venod Sharma, state Congress working president Kuldip Sharma, a labour leader Ram Sarup Janbaz; a Panipat based-industrialist Avinash Paliwal, and a Punjabi leader, Bulle Shah, brother of former Haryana Congress president Balbir Pal Shah, are seeking the ticket. In Bhiwani the main contest seems to be between Shruti Choudhry, daughter of Haryana Minister of State for Forests and Tourism Kiran Choudhry; and Parliamentary Secretary Rao Dan Singh, though Anirudh, son of former BCCI president Ranbir Mahendra, has also sought the ticket from here. The sources say the picture about the possible Congress candidates for Haryana would become clear after tomorrow’s meeting. Though the names would be finalised only by the Central Election Committee of the party, the meeting of which is yet to be fixed, the wishes of the high command would be indicated to the state unit by the screening committee. On behalf of the state unit, its president Phool Chand Mullana and Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda would attend the meeting. The state unit would formulate its recommendations as per the wishes of the screening committee. The sources say the names of even those leaders, who have not applied for the ticket to the state unit, can be included in its recommendations. Similarly, if the high command wants to deny the ticket to a particular candidate, his or her name would not be recommended.
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Dummy candidates to be under watch
Jhajjar, March 25 Mahendergarh District Election Officer (DEO) Mohammad Shayin stated this during a meeting held at the Panchayat Bhawan in Narnaul with the representatives of different political parties and district officials. Shayin said an immediate action under Section 171-H of the IPC could be initiated in case the candidates were found canvassing for other candidates and not for themselves. He maintained 314 places had been earmarked in Mahendergarh district for installing hoardings, holding elections meetings and pasting posters for the LS election. “As many as 99 places have been selected in the Narnaul assembly constituency segment, 97 in Ateli, 47 in Mahendergarh and 71 places have been earmarked in Nangal Choudhry assembly constituency for hoardings and posters,” said the DEO and informed that for holding election meetings, Nai Anaj Mandi ground, Subhash Park and Old Anaj Mandi ground had been selected in the Ateli segment, Sabji Mandi, Devilal park and Anaj Mandi ground in Mahendergarh, Azad chowk, Panchyat Bhawan and the Old Court Road in Narnaul and Anaj Mandi ground, Panchyat Samiti ground and PHC ground Nijampur chowk in Nangal Choudhry.
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BJP leader sees bias in ticket allotment
Rewari, March 25 Addressing a press conference here today, Yadav asserted that ground reality in the region had been completely ignored while allotting the party ticket. Recalling that Sudha Yadav had forfeited even her deposit in the previous assembly elections from the same assembly segment, Yadav said how could she be expected to fare better in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls? Making an appeal to the party high command to review its decision, Yadav asserted that the BJP could not afford to lose any seat. |
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Indora kicks off campaign
Sushil Manav Tribune News Service
Sirsa, March 25 Indora has represented the Sirsa parliamentary constituency on two previous occasions. Indora addressed a meeting of party workers in the party office, Chaudhary Devi Lal Bhawan, on the local Dabwali Road today and asked them to start working for the forthcoming parliamentary elections. Padam Jain, district president of the INLD, Krishna Fogat, district president of the women wing of the INLD, Renu Sharma, district president of the BJP, and a large number of INLD and BJP workers were present. Interestingly, although Indora was projected as the main speaker of the meeting, other speakers did not use his name as the party candidate during their speeches as no formal announcement of candidates has been made so far. A majority of the speakers appealed to the workers to work for the victory of the NDA candidate. Although the INLD supremo has repeatedly said in his speeches that he would announce the candidates on March 27, jubilations were witnessed among Indora supporters after Monday evening. Sources close to Indora said he was busy in a procession at Hisar organised by former minister Sampat Singh, when he received a communication “confirming his ticket.” The sources said Sampat Singh, Ajay Singh Chautala, Nafe Singh Rathi and Ashok Arora had already been given an indication to launch their campaigns from Hisar, Bhiwani, Rohtak and Bhiwani, respectively. Meanwhile, sitting Congress MP from Sirsa Atma Singh Gill claimed that he had done for Sirsa in five years what the Chautala family could not do in 40 years. Talking to mediapersons at Congress Bhawan here, Gill said on Tuesday that a railway overbridge and Ottu Lake were some of the major projects people had been demanding for long but no one tried to fulfil those demands.
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Cops not acting against
Chand: Fiza
Gurgaon, March 25 Chander Mohan had married Anuradha Bali after both converted to Islam and changed their names to Chand Mohammad and Fiza, respectively. However, he later deserted her. An outburst against her former partner as well as the media marked her address during a press conference organised by her newfound supporters here today. Flanked by Samajwadi Party’s Haryana unit vice-president Mahender Singh and several other youths, Fiza lashed out at Chander Mohan and minced no words while alleging that he had married her “just to satisfy his sexual urge”. “He used my house, my car and me,” she said, adding that the police was not taking action on her serious complaints against Chander Mohan and she would file a fresh complaint against him and even move court. Coming down heavily on the media, she maintained that a prominent English daily had published a report about the offer of a film to her without bothering to ascertain the facts. To a query, Fiza claimed that she had got offers to contest elections from several political parties and added that she was weighing the options before her. Apart from levelling wild allegations against Chander Mohan’s first wife Seema and his brother and Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) chief Kuldeep Bishnoi, she snapped at newsmen posing “uncomfortable” questions to her. She reiterated that she faced a threat to her life at the hands of her former partner and his family.
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Amend Hindu Marriage Act: Panchayat
Jind, March 25 The meeting also resolved to demand strict and punitive action against those who violate the rule that is already established in the rural belt, besides immediate arrest of the accused. The panchayat also decided to meet again after two months to discuss further strategy. Meanwhile, tension prevailed in Mator and Singhwal villages of Narwana sub-division after the girl, aged about 18 years, went missing. She was allegedly abducted by a youth of the neighbouring village. Though a case has been registered against the accused, aged about 26 years, the police has not been able to recover the girl or arrest the accused. It has been claimed that the girl was a minor (17 years). The panchayat held earlier had warned of an agitation if the police failed to trace the missing girl within three days. While it did not announce any immediate action or declaration against the accused or the girl, the panchayat resolved to claim that such relations were not acceptable and must be denounced by all if the social fabric in the rural areas was to be preserved.
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Council for de-recognition of dental colleges
Chandigarh, March 25 The letter states the executive committee has noted that SGT Dental College at Gurgaon, Sudha Rastogi Dental College at Faridabad, MM Dental College at Maulana, Jan Nayak Dental College at Sirsa, BRS Dental College at Panchkula and Swami Devi Dayal Dental College at Barwala, had violated the regulations on admission conditions. The regulations were violated by admitting students having less than 50 per cent marks in the CET. While the executive committee has recommended to the Central government to “disapprove” Swami Devi Dayal Dental College, it has recommended the authorities to de-recognise the other five colleges. The communiqué was placed before the Division Bench of Chief Justice Tirath Singh Thakur and Justice Hemant Gupta, while taking up a petition filed by Mohan Lal Pippal against the Union of India and other respondents. Release stayed The Punjab and Haryana High Court says release of land from the acquisition process in Haryana to builders or their allies is “gross abuse of power”. A Division Bench of the high court has also stayed exclusion of land from the acquisition process to Ansal properties and infrastructure limited, along with approximately 25 other builders. Taking up the matter, the Bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Jitendra Chauhan asserted: We have come across a large number of cases where contention raised is that power of acquisition was being exercised not for public purpose, but to enable the builder or others the benefit to get the land to advance their private commercial objectives… The observations come on a petition filed by Inder Mohan Rai of Azizulapur village in Panipat. He was seeking directions for quashing the acquisition process for developing residential, commercial and institutional area in Panipat’s Sector 19.
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BSNL to provide subsidised PCs
Sirsa, March 25 Gobind Gupta, Area Manager (Telecom), Sirsa, told The Tribune today that the BSNL had entered into an agreement with two computer manufacturing companies for this purpose. The subscribers having the broadband Internet connection of the BSNL in the rural areas could get a personal computer by making a payment of Rs 1,500 at the time of the delivery and instalments of Rs 175 per month for the next 60 months. The BSNL will pay the subsidy amount of Rs 4,500 to the computer supplier at the time of the delivery. Gupta said the subscribers getting the benefit of this scheme would have to retain the BSNL broadband internet connection for 60 months after which the computer would be their exclusive property. The scheme would begin on April 1 and the consumer applying for benefit under this scheme would get the computer within one month of the application. Gupta said the BSNL authorities planned to provide 10,000 new internet connections in the telecom district during the next financial year.
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7-yr jail for 5 teachers
Jind, March 25 This is the first case of conviction of the teachers in the alleged irregularities in funds of the mid-day meal scheme and fake enrolment of the students. Complaints in this regard have been reported from various parts of the state. A case was booked against the accused, identified as Ramphal, Japan Singh, Phool Singh, Hargyan and Maheswari Devi working at the government primary school at Malshri Khera village of the district, after an enquiry was carried out by the Safidon DSP, on June 19, 2007. The probe had indicted the involvement of the accused in maintaining fake enrolment of as many as 42 students, who had been actually studying in a private school while they were being shown as regular students of the school. It is alleged that this was being done to misuse the funds received by the school. The complaint lodged with by the sarpanch of the village claimed that the money received for giving away prizes for toppers had also been misused in the name of students had been on the rolls of a private school. It is reported that out of the total 118 students shown on the rolls for class I-IV, names of 42 students had been fake. Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge SK Goyal today held all the five accused guilty after they were convicted of the charges in the case.
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No stopping ragging
Farukh Nagar, March 25 In a recent incident, some persons reportedly beat up four first-year students of BM College of Technology here. The four victims - Arun Dhankar, Manoj Yadav, Ankit Gaud and Sikhar Verma - were allegedly attacked by six persons while they were returning home. The attackers also beat up bus driver and damaged the bus. While narrating the incident, Arun said he along with the other three victims were returning home when the attackers stopped their bus near Kaliawas turn and started hitting them with a cycle chain and sticks. He said one of them was even carrying a pistol. He added that the attackers had covered their faces. The victims were beaten up mercilessly and as a result got stitches on their heads and also fractured their arms. Parents of the injured students met the college administration and a complaint in this regard has been lodged with the police. Although none of the boy is ready to speak against their seniors, sources claim that the attackers had warned them to obey to their seniors. The college authorities have also zeroed in on some senior students but they are not willing to disclose their names till their involvement in the incident is confirmed. College chairman Babu Lal Sharma said an FIR has been lodged and the case is under investigation. He affirmed that if any of the students were found guilty, they would be rusticated.
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Night harvesting of wheat banned
Kaithal, March 25 Farmers and combine owners violating the directions will face strict action. In a press note issued here today, Deputy Commissioner Amneet P Kumar said a ban on harvesting of wheat through combine harvesters at night had been imposed and those violating the orders would face strict action. She said the quantity of moisture in the wheat harvested during night increased and when such crop was brought for sale in mandis it was not sold quickly due to presence of excessive moisture above the permissible limit of 12 percent moisture . All this resulted in a glut of foodgrains in the market. |
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Social boycott: Man moves NHRC
Panipat, March 25 Mahavir belongs to Jheenwar caste and works as a part-time water carrier in the village primary school. In his application, he has alleged that his son Ranjit, who works as a temporary chowkidar in the primary school, was falsely implicated in the case on the statement of wife of Prem Singh, chowkidar of the senior secondary wing of the school. He also alleged that as Prem Singh belonged to upper caste, he manipulated social boycott of his family in the village panchayat meeting dominated by the people of upper caste. “The boycott had made the lives of my family members miserable as they cannot go out of their house. The panchayat had threatened to slap fine if any one from the village offered any help to my family,” he added. He has demanded withdrawal of the social boycott and action against the persons found guilty.
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Protest against ‘land grab’
Faridabad, March 25 A graveyard for members of Muslim community is located on the land. The irate residents also submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner urging him to intervene and take action against the culprits. The district administration has give a directive against the alleged poaching on the land and also ordered a probe. The residents of the village have alleged that the Wakf Board, which is responsible for the maintenance of land related to the Muslims, has illegally given the land on lease to private parties who were now trying to demolish the graveyard and also grab the land. The SDM stated that there were complaints of poaching on the land in the past too. An inquiry was initiated but local officials of the Waqf Board did not cooperate in the probe. As a result, he had recommended action against the erring officials. |
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Row over land for cremation ground
Kaithal, March 25 On a call given by Shanti Van Shamshan Samiti, many prominent persons of the town reached there. Samiti president Sham Lal Verma said it was infringement of the right of the citizens that the council authorities had decided to construct a storeroom at the cremation ground. Sensing the mood of the people, municipal council chairperson Amel Kaulia and vice-chairman Surinder Ranjha reached the venue and assured those present that the council had dropped its plans in the matter and assured that it would not do any thing to hurt the sentiments of the residents. Following this the meeting was adjourned. Earlier, a deputation of the samiti met local MP Naveen Jindal and Deputy Commissioner Amneet P Kumar and submitted a memorandum in this regard. They pointed that the municipal council in violation of laws had floated tenders for the construction of storehouse on the land of the cremation ground Verma said the samiti had also demanded a high-level inquiry into the matter where the municipal council land was given on lease for agriculture purpose at Rs 5,000 per acre. He said the auction had put the council authorities under cloud as the per acre lease rate persisted between Rs 15,000 to 20,000. |
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Joginder, Mamta’s appointment challenged
Chandigarh, March 25 A petition filed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court has sought directions to the state of Haryana and other respondents to set aside the appointments of Sharma and Kharab, along with Geetika Jhakhar and Sardar Singh. Acting on the petition filed by Ramesh Kumar of Hisar district, Justice Ajay Tewari has put the state, the Director-General of Police and other respondents on notice. In his petition, Kumar has also sought directions to fill the posts of DSPs, earmarked for outstanding sports persons, from among the “deserving and meritorious candidates”, after following the proper procedure, and without extraneous consideration. Kumar had asserted the recruitment of the respondents to the post of DSPs directly under the outstanding sportspersons category was a clear example of arbitrariness and favouritism. Describing himself as an “outstanding sportsperson throughout his career”, Kumar said he had been presented countless awards in the field of kabaddi. But, he was “deprived of a chance to be recruited directly on the post of DSP only because the posts were filled clandestinely by the official respondents without any advertisement.” Elaborating on the procedure, Kumar’s counsel Aman Pal said as a general rule, inviting applications from eligible candidates, was an essential precondition for recruitment to public employment. Aman Pal also asserted recruitment to the posts of DSPs was under the purview of the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC), consisting of a chairman and the members. The recruitment could have been made only by HPSC. But in the present case, the appointments were made directly by the state government by approving it through the Cabinet. “The process was carried out in a hurried manner without wide publicity just to deny consideration to all the competing claims, including that of the petitioner,” Aman Pal said. He insisted the criteria-cum-definition of “outstanding sportspersons” was vague, arbitrary. discriminatory and was liable to be struck down. The case will now come up for hearing on May 5.
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Missing woman found dead
Fatehabad, March 25 The woman, Poonam (18) had disappeared from her residence on the night of March 19 and her brother Ravi Kant had lodged a complaint against two brothers - Mange Ram and Mohinder - for kidnapping her. Ravi Kant had also accused Surja Ram, father of the two accused, of having helped them in the crime. The police had registered a case under Sections 363, 366 and 34 of the IPC against the three. However, the recovery of Poonam’s body has given a new turn to the case. The police said the body had been sent for a postmortem by a board of doctors and the police would investigate the case further once the postmortem report was received. |
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Farukh Nagar, March 25
