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Finally, Hooda to campaign for Shruti
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Jhinda rallies behind Manmohan
Cong worker ‘set afire’
Modi, Sushma to address rallies
‘Cong to blame for price rise’
Shoe factory fire toll 5
2 factory owners booked on kidnap charge
Roadways’ employee commits suicide
Teachers hold protest
Scribe bereaved
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Finally, Hooda to campaign for Shruti
Chandigarh, May 2 They add that the Chief Minister, in organising this programme, has gone a step further by going against the convention of getting a formal request from the candidate to campaign at the seat before finalising his visit. However, sources in the other camp said Hooda had “deliberately” stayed away from campaigning in Bhiwani and has organised this last-minute programme at the fag end only as a cover-up. The party in charge of the state, Prithviraj Chavan, who was in Bhiwani recently, had asked all MLAs playing politics with the party candidate to fall in line and campaign for her. Sources said the Chief Minister’s initiative was only fallout of this warning to the MLAs. The Chief Minister has been exhaustively campaigning for all other candidates and was present even during the filing of nominations by most Congress candidates. However, he chose to cold-shoulder the Bhiwani-Mahenderagarh seat by remaining absent on the day of filing of nominations. Interestingly, Finance Minister Birender Singh, bitter after being denied a party ticket from Sonepat, made it to the programme. Hooda’s absence from the Bhiwani-Mahenderagarh seat had invited repeated queries at press conferences, too, and had become a point of discussion in political circles. While there is no love lost between the Chief Minister and Minister of State Kiran Choudhry, things came to a boil during ticket-distribution. Choudhry managed to get a ticket for her daughter, Shruti, despite stiff opposition from the camp of the power-that-be, leading to further “deepening of differences”. Hotting up the campaign in Bhiwani-Mahenderagarh, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav will also be canvassing for party candidate Saroj Yadav in Narnaul tomorrow, while Gujarat CM Narendra Modi will campaign for INLD candidate Ajay Chautala on May 4. |
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Says state to be power surplus in 2 years
Gurgaon, May 2 Seeing Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda campaigning for Congress candidate for the Gurgaon Lok Sabha seat Rao Inderjeet during a joint road show here today, it was difficult for one to believe that the relations between these two stalwarts of the state politics were strained. Hooda seemed quite at ease and upbeat when he appealed to the local leaders and masses to wholeheartedly support Rao Inderjeet, who, he said, was his close friend and their dedicated representative. Addressing public meetings during the road show, Hooda said Haryana would be self-sufficient in electricity within a year and would become a power-surplus state in two years. Talking to The Tribune in his special vehicle during his whistle-stop campaign tour, the Chief Minister said they were contesting the Lok Sabha elections on the plank of development, while the Opposition did not have any issue to speak of. Hooda said the Congress would sweep all Lok Sabha seats in the poll. Rao Inderjeet said he was sure of getting people’s support on the basis of development during his tenure. Regarding his father and former Chief Minister Rao Birender Singh having sought support for INLD leader Ajay Chautala, Rao Inderjeet said his father, who was not a member of any party and had been out of active politics for long, had merely expressed his personal views. |
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Jhinda rallies behind Manmohan
Sirsa, May 2 Talking to The Tribune during his first day of campaign in the Sikh dominated areas of the Sirsa seat today, Jhinda said though the HSGPC (ad hoc) had earlier given a call to the Sikhs to vote according to their conscience, he has been forced to come in support of Manmohan Singh after leaders like former chairman of the National Minority Commission Tarlochan Singh started “befooling” Sikhs on issues like the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. He said he had already campaigned in Punjab for three days and would now devote his time in Haryana till May 7. Jhinda said the HSGPC (ad hoc) had written to President Pratibha Patil and the Prime Minister to use their influence to save Sikhs in Pakistan, who had been forced to pay Jazia by the Taliban. |
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Campaign reaches feverish pitch
Karnal, May 2 While Sonia Gandhi addressed a rally in Ambala and film star Govinda organised a road show in Kurukshetra today, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is scheduled to address a public meeting at Pehowa in Kurukshetra on May 4. While BJP’s prime ministerial candidate LK Advani will address a public meeting in support of the INLD-BJP candidate in Karnal on May 5, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will join the campaign by addressing two rallies at Sonepat and Kaithal tomorrow. Congress MLAs in Karnal and Panipat, who were initially sulking over the allocation of the ticket to Arvind Sharma, have now come out in his support, giving a boost to the party campaign. Local MLA Sumita Singh said the party was united. Meanwhile, the one-hour road show of film star Govinda in Kurukshetra was a big draw as hundreds of people gathered along the roadside to have a glimpse of the star who just waved to the people and appealed to them to vote for Congress candidate Navin Jindal. |
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Cong worker ‘set afire’
Sirsa, May 2 The police is taking the statement of “victim” Vijender Sangwan with a pinch of salt, though an entry has been made in the police DDR on his complaint. While the Congress has accused the INLD of resorting to criminal activities out of frustration, INLD leader Abhey Singh Chautala has demanded an inquiry into the incident accusing the Congress of engineering the incident to malign his party. The incident occurred on Thursday, when Ravi Chautala, a Congress leader and son of former Chief Minister Om Parkash Chautala’s estranged brother Partap Singh, brought a youth to the government hospital of Chautala village with burn injuries. “I was going to Dabwali after campaigning in Chautala, when I noticed a car on fire on the way and a person rolling on the road in an effort to douse the fire on his body. I brought him to the hospital and informed the police,” Ravi Chautala told The Tribune. Sangwan, who has been shifted to the PGIMS, Rohtak, told the police that a black Scorpio overtook his car when he was returning to Dabwali after campaigning in Chautala and three youths came out from the vehicle and set him and his car ablaze after pouring some liquid on him. The attackers, Sangwan alleged, were angry over his campaign in Chautala village. The police said the circumstantial evidence did not support Sangwan’s statement. |
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Modi, Sushma to address rallies
Panchkula/Yamunanagar, May 2 The main fight in in the Ambala constituency is between Congress candidate Kumari Selja and BJP candidate Rattan Lal Kataria. In 2004, Selja emerged as winner with 4.15 lakh votes while Kataria secured second position with 1.85 lakh votes. While INLD candidate Balwant Singh had secured 1.35 lakh votes and BSP Chanderpal 57 thousands vote. |
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‘Cong to blame for price rise’
Fatehabad, May 2 Addressing an election rally in support of CPM candidate Ram Kumar today at Bhuna near here, Ali said the situation had further aggravated due to “dismantling” of the PDS for the BPL and APL families by the Congress. |
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Workers lathicharged, 50 hurt
Rewari, May 2 Workers of Musashi Auto Parts India Private Limited of the Bawal Industrial Estate had blocked traffic on the National Highway No 8 near Banipur Chowk. They were protesting to press for the reinstatement of nearly 20 workers whose services had been terminated by the factory management and for the fulfilment of some other demands. They had resorted to the blockade with a plan to prevent Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda from entering Bawal town, where he was slated to address an election meeting in support of Congress candidate from the Gurgaon constituency Rao Inderjeet Singh. The district authorities sent police and administrative officials to get the road cleared. However, when the protesters refused to budge, the police resorted to a lathicharge and lobbed teargas shells at them. According to eyewitnesses, nearly 50 workers were injured in the incident. Rewari Deputy Commissioner CG Rajnikanthan told The Tribune that the agitating workers were blocking the national highway and obstructing traffic movement, which was illegal. He said the police and administrative officials had asked the protesters to lift the blockade, but they refused. SDM Roshan Lal also maintained that the police resorted to use of force when the agitating workers started throwing stones at police personnel. Nearly 50 workers, besides DSP Pooran Singh Pawar and some other policemen, also sustained injuries. The Chief Minister, who was scheduled to visit Bawal and Rewari this evening, had not reached here till the time of filing this report. |
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Shoe factory fire toll 5
Faridabad, May 2 Although the police declined to comment at the moment, the general apprehension is that many more workers may have been trapped and died in the fire. According to the district police chief, Faridabad, K K Rao, three charred bodies were recovered from the site of the accident. They were perhaps workers, but their identities have not been established yet. Two other workers, who had received burn injures and referred to Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi, have also died. According to official version, apart from the five deaths, 38 workers have received burn injuries, out of whom 14 are stated to be in a critical condition. The authorities were able to douse the fire about 2 am. The fire had broken out about 5 pm yesterday. Today top officials of the district, including the DC, the IG and the district police chief, visited the site of the accident. Faridabad DC Brijender Singh said he had initiated a probe into the matter. According to the police, a case has been registered against the owner of the factory, the management and the contractor, who used to act as conduit to hire labourers. However, no one has been named in the FIR.
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2 factory owners booked on kidnap charge
Yamunanagar, May 2 In a complaint to the police, Anil’s father Jaswant has stated that his son was working as a cashier with the Jagadhri-based plywood factory. The owners of the factory had allegedly beaten up Anil brutally late last night. The police has found Anil’s motorcycle lying abandoned near the canal rest house. However, the whereabouts of Anil are not known. |
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Roadways’ employee commits suicide
Yamunanagar, May 2 The police has registered a case of 306 of the IPC (abatement to suicide) against the supervisor acting on the complaint of deceased’s son Rohit
Dutta. Rohit had alleged that despite the fact that his father had undergone operation recently he was continue to be asked to
do heavy work by his supervisor. |
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Teachers hold protest
Hisar, May 2 Teachers from Kurukshetra University, Maharshi Dayanand University, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Guru Jambheshwar University and affiliated private and government colleges participated in the protest. Addressing the protesters, SN Kaushal, president, HFUCTO, said the teachers would not allow any departure from the notification issued by the Union HRD Ministry. |
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Scribe bereaved
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