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Chautala has a dig at govt
Says Tanwar has a criminal history
Asks voters to oust UPA
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Unite, Hooda asks party men
Bishnoi criticises Hooda
EC brings cheer to pensioners, HAU staff
Palwal killing
Chaudhary’s resignation a political stunt: Cong men
58 file nomination papers
Cong leader joins INLD
Jhinda not to contest
Haji to contest as Independent
4 dowry cases registered
Villagers block highway
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Chautala has a dig at govt
Hisar, April 17 Addressing a rally here today before NDA nominee for the Hisar Lok Sabha seat Sampat Singh filed his nomination papers, Chautala said if the UPA government at the Centre was voted out in the forthcoming parliamentary polls, Haryana, too, would see a similar change early next year when the state Assembly elections were due. He said the Congress had made no efforts to get the state’s lifeline - the SYL canal - constructed although there was no legal dispute now pending in any court. This was despite the fact that the Congress was in power in Haryana and the same party led the UPA government at the Centre. Chautala said instead the Hooda government had constructed the Hansi-Butana canal without knowing how to get water in it. The new canal was doomed to be stillborn. This wasteful expenditure was incurred to befool the people of southern Haryana. The former Chief Minister said if Lal Krishan Advani became the Prime Minister, the black money stashed in Swiss banks would be brought to India and the amount was so huge that it would solve the financial problems of the whole country in one go. Sampat Singh said the victory of the NDA was certain not only in Haryana but the entire country. Under the Congress rule, the farming community of India had suffered a lot and only the NDA could solve their problems. Later, Sampat Singh filed his nomination papers before returning officer OP Sheoran. His wife Krishna Singh filed her nomination as his covering candidate.
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Says Tanwar has a criminal history
Sirsa, April 17 The issue started when INLD supremo Om Prakash Chautala alleged during an INLD rally today that the Congress nominee had a criminal history. In reply, Tanwar has asked the INLD supremo to first clean his own house before levelling allegations against him. Chautala mentioned an FIR number 880/2007 registered against him in the Devaria police station of Uttar Pradesh under Sections 151, 192 and 196 for continuing in an unlawful assembly after it has been commanded to disperse and fabricating false evidence. Chautala also mentioned another case under Sections 143, 188, 171, 332, 353, and 506 registered against Tanwar in Delhi for unlawful assembly, violating prohibitory orders, causing hurt, assault and criminal intimidation. “People should not promote criminalisation of politics by supporting a candidate like Tanwar in the election,” Chautala said in the rally. Responding to the allegations of Chautala, Tanwar said those making allegations against him should first see what type of cases they themselves were facing. “The Devaria incident in Uttar Pradesh during the last Assembly elections in that state is known to the whole country as Rahul Gandhi himself had to go to the police station to free us from the police, which was acting under orders of Mulayam Singh Yadav. Our complaint against the UP police is pending before the Human Rights Commission and the result of the inquiry will be before all to see,” he said. He said as far as the second case is concerned it was registered against him when the Indian Youth Congress was organising a rally against terrorism flouting the prohibitory orders under section 144 of the CrPC promulgated by the authorities. |
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Asks voters to oust UPA
Sirsa, April 17 Addressing a rally in support of INLD candidate Sita Ram on his home turf, Chautala warned people that in case the Congress got an opportunity to form its government once again in Haryana, the local people would not get a single drop of water in future. Accusing the Congress government in Haryana of discrimination with this area, he alleged that farmers here were starved of power and water. He said although all sections of society were unhappy with the functioning of the Hooda government, the farmers were particularly sore. “The exit of the UPA government is like the writing on the wall now and the NDA will form the next government in the country after the parliamentary elections,” said Chautala and added that once the NDA came to power, his government would only be seven months away. He described Congress nominee Ashok Tanwar as an outsider and alleged that he had a criminal record and hence could do no good to the people of
Sirsa. Abhey Singh Chautala, who was the organiser of the rally, said Sita Ram was a much better candidate than others and hence deserved to be
elected. Tarlochan Singh, Rajya Sabha member, Sushil Indora and Gian Chand
Odh, both MLAs, and Jagdish Chopra and Renu Sharma, both senior BJP leaders, addressed the meeting. Earlier, Sita Ram went to the office of returning officer SK Goyal and filed his nomination papers. |
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Unite, Hooda asks party men
Faridabad, April 17 Hooda, who addressed a public meeting organised by his party workers after Avtar Singh Bhadana filed his nomination papers from the Faridabad constituency, served homilies on his party leaders saying that there “differences among members crop up even at homes”, all inmates members should unite at crunch time. \This was in reference to the open opposition to the Congress nominee by senior party leaders having political roots in the Faridabad constituency. The Chief Minister made a fervent appeal to the people to vote for the Congress nominee. Their support to Bhadana would be a support for him, he added. Hooda said the state government had taken a number of measures to restore the earlier glory of Faridabad. He cited, among others, the construction works underway on Badarpur fly over and the move to set up Industrial Model Township in this district to give filip to the industrial development of Faridabad. Hooda tried to drive home the point on the differences of approach of the Congress government and the times about five years ago when the state was under the rule of the INLD-BJP government with regard Faridabad.
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Hooda gives boost to Jindal’s campaign
Kurukshetra, April 17 When Hooda came here today to accompany Jindal for filing his nomination papers, all MLAs and Rajya Sabha members residing in the Kurukshetra constituency were present in the rally organised by the party here. Even Rajya Sabha MP Ishwar Singh, who is considered close to union minister Selja, was present in the rally. So was another Rajya Sabha MP, Ram Prakash, who stays in Kurukshetra. The relations between Ram Prakash and Jindal were stated to be “cool”. However, Ram Prakash, at the behest of Hooda, today came out in the support of Jindal. Veteran Congress leader and MLA from Kaithal Shamsher Singh Surjewala; Ramesh Gupta, local MLA; KL Sharma, MLA from Shahabad; Agriculture Minister HS Chatha, who is MLA from Pehowa; Dinesh Sharma and Tejinder Pal Singh Mann, Independent MLAs from Pundri and Pai, respectively, who support the Hooda government in the Assembly; Geeta Bhukal, MLA from Kalayat; and Dilu Ram Bajigar, MLA from Guhla; were among those senior leaders who expressed their solidarity with Jindal. Making an emotional appeal to the electorate of Kurukshetra, Hooda said Jindal was like a nephew to him. He said he would be very happy if Jindal would win with a margin higher than that of his son Deepender, who is contesting from Rohtak. Realising that Naveen’s main rival at the moment seems to be Ashok Arora of the INLD, whom the BJP is supporting, Hooda described the alliance between the two parties as “an alliance between a snake and a mongoose”, which, he said, could never last. An influential local INLD leader, Jai Bhagwan Sharma “DD” and an HJC leader Ashwani Sharma quit their parties to join the Congress.
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Bishnoi criticises Hooda
Kurukshetra, April 17 Addressing a rally after filing of nominations by party nominee Jaswant Singh Cheema from Kurukshetra, he launched a frontal attack on Chief Minister BS Hooda, charging him with discriminating against north Haryana in matter of jobs and development. Criticising the Chief Minister for wasting lakhs of rupees on advertisement blitz to project Haryana as “Number 1”, he said the people would give their prudent judgement on his claims on May 7. Cheema, a superintending engineer (retd), said he had worked with dedication in most of the areas during service and was confident that the people would reward him for his honesty and hard work.
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EC brings cheer to pensioners, HAU staff
Chandigarh, April 17 The EC has allowed the state government to disburse the enhanced pension as per the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission as implemented in Haryana. The commission has also given its in-principle approval to the revision of salaries of the HAU staff as recommended by the Indian Council for Agricultural Research. The state government has revised the pension of its retired employees with effect from January 1, 2006. However, before the notification could be issued, the EC announced the LS elections and the model code of conduct came into force. Chief Secretary Dharam Vir sought the approval of the commission in the first week of last month before issuing the notification. Now, the commission has given its nod. Normally, pensions are revised along with the pay scales of the serving employees. This time the revision of pensions was delayed because various associations of the pensioners had demanded certain facilities, which had not been recommended by the pay panel. According to sources in the Finance Department, the enhanced pension would be disbursed from May 1. The beneficiaries would also be able to get 40 per cent their arrears before the end of this month. The remaining 60 per cent of the arrears would be paid to them around Diwali. The sources said the case for revision of pay scales of the HAU staff had been sent to the Finance Department for implementation. |
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Palwal killing
Chandigarh, April 17 In a petition placed before Justice Rajive Bhalla, victim Neeraj’s uncle Mahavir of Mohalla Kanugo submitted his nephew was shot by assailants, including a Faridabad politician. The petitioner identified two other assailants, but alleged complete police inaction, as the accused enjoyed political clout. After preliminary hearing, Justice Bhalla issued notices for May 20.
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Chaudhary’s resignation a political stunt: Cong men
Faridabad, April 17 However, Chaudhary justified his position and said his move was motivated on account of his party totally ignoring the numerical strength of the Punjabis while deciding the nominees for the 10 parliamentary constituencies in the state. It was shocking that not even one member from the community was nominated even though it accounted for 35 per cent of the population of the state. Chaudhary was a claimant for the party ticket from the Faridabad parliamentary constituency, from where sitting Congress MP Avtar Singh Bhadana has been re-nominated. Chaudhary, who represents the NIT Assembly seat in this district, scotched all speculations of his possible quitting the Congress. He said the ticket, especially from Gurgaon, Karnal and Faridabad, should have been given to members of the Punjabi community. Lakhman Das Arora, a well-known Punabi leader and minister in the Haryana Cabinet, expessed resentment on the resignation move and said it was not the right way to fight for justice. He said, “Some persons are opportunists and bend their back to get something, but ditch it at the opportune time to serve their ulterior but bigger gains.” However, Chaudhary debunked the allegation and said his name was only considered in the party but there was no firm offer for ticket from Kurukshetra. Arora further said there were sitting Congress MPs on nine of the 10 parliamentary constituencies in the state. Congress MLA from Gurgaon and another senior Punjabi leader Dharamvir Gauba said there was resentment among the Punjabis in the state against the Congress for not giving its member the ticket. However, he, too, added that Chaudhary’s way was not proper.
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58 file nomination papers
Chandigarh, April 17 The maximum of 10 candidates filed their nomination papers from Hisar and eight each from the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh and the Faridabad constituencies, seven each from Gurgaon and Sirsa, five each from Kurukshetra, Karnal and Rohtak, two from Sonepat and one from Ambala. Among those who filed their papers today were Sampat Singh and Krishna (both INLD) from Hisar; Naveen Jindal and Savitri Jindal (both Congress) from Kurukshetra; Avtar Singh Badhana (Congress) from Faridabad; Jaswant Singh Cheema (HJC) from Kurukshetra; Zakir Hussain and Nasima (both BSP) from Gurgaon; and Rao Narvir Singh (HJC) from Gurgaon. From Sirsa, Sita Ram and Mani Ram (both INLD) were among those who filed their papers. From Rohtak those who filed their nomination papers included Raj Kumar and Karan (both BSP), while from Sonepat Umesh Sharma of the HJC was among those who filed their papers today. |
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Cong leader joins INLD
Kurukshetra, April 17 It was announced at a INLD Thanesar Halqa rural workers meeting held under the chairmanship of NDA nominee and INLD state president Ashok Arora at Jat dharamshala here today. Kaushik alleged that although he had been holding various offices, including the Haryana Pradesh Youth Congress Committee, general secretary, Haryana Pradesh Congress Cultural Cell, general secretary, district Youth Congress general secretary and district vice-president, yet there was no respect for the workers in the Congress, where they were to face insult, whereas the workers were getting full respect in the INLD. He as well as his supporters would try their best to win Arora the from Kurukshetra seat. Arora assured that the new comers would also be given full respect in the party. Meanwhile, Arora toured nearly a dozen villages, including Khanpur, Jhinjarpur, Ghrarsi, Pindarsi, Sarsa, Barna and Mirzapur where he appealed the voters for their maximum vote and support to the NDA.
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Jhinda not to contest
Karnal, April 17 Jhinda had earlier declared that four members of the HSGPC would enter the fray from Karnal, Ambala, Sirsa and Kurukshetra as Independent candidates under the banner of the Sabha Samaj. |
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Haji to contest as Independent
Panipat, April 17 Speaking to mediapersons here today, Ahmed said even after 60 years of Independence, the minorities in the country had not been able to get their rights in a true
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4 dowry cases registered
Karnal, April 17 On a complaint of Harpreet Kaur, a resident of Karan Vihar, the Civil Lines police station registered a case of dowry against her husband Joginder Singh, father-in-law Harnam Singh and mother-in-law Jeet Kaur of Panipat. Harpreet, who was married on June 2, 2006, complained that her in-laws were ill-treating her for dowry. A similar case was registered in the Nissing police station on the complaint of Santosh, a resident of Gondal village, against her husband Karan Pal, father-in-law Lakshmi, mother-in-law Banto, brothers-in-law Prakash and Sheeshan, respectively, and sister-in-law Nirmila, all residents of Sambli. The other two cases were registered under the Assandh police station. The complainant, Savita, who was married in 2002, alleged that her husband Ranbir, along with her father-in-law Amar Singh, mother-in-law Vimla and brother-in-law Ishwar, all residents of Kurali village, were demanding money and ill-treating her. The other complainant, Meenakshi, named her husband Ajay, father-in-law ram Nath, mother-in-law Ramesh Rani and sisters-in-law Lakshmi and Asha for torturing her for dowry.
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Villagers block highway
Panipat, April 17 It was only after IG, Rohtak Range, V Kama Raj reached the spot and assured the villagers of prompt action that they withdrew their agitation. The protest had been organised after Sushil, son of Kuldip Singh, was found murdered near a petrol station outside Matludha village last night. |
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Kurukshetra, April 17
