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It’s rather quiet at BJP office
We will take back retrenched staff, claims Chautala
BSP gen secy Manjit to quit party
This time round, dera followers want to fight poll
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Meanwhile, Surjewala looking Centre-wards
Poll Effect
SC turns down plea against minister
Kabulpur survivor in stupor
Voter cards: Final chance for Gurgaon residents
Mob lynches thief
Ex-Bar assn chief shot at
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It’s rather quiet at BJP office
New Delhi, September 16 The party is, in fact, hunting around hard among the rejects from other parties to put up candidates who have some visibility. Yesterday the BJP made former cricketer Chetan Sharma join the party at an impressive function in Faridabad. Sharma was a BSP candidate for the Faridabad Lok Sabha seat in the last General Election and lost badly. Sharma is not even a resident of Haryana, with a posh South Delhi residential address. But with Sharma the BJP has only made a beginning. BJP general secretary in charge of Haryana Vijay Goel said, “You wait and see, many more are going to join my party in the coming days.” Goel of course claimed that there was no dearth of ticket seekers from Haryana. But if there are any, these are at least nowhere visible at the party headquarters at 11, Ashoka Road, which wears a stark look compared to the 24, Akbar Road, Congress office, overwhelmed by milling crowds inside and traffic jams
outside. BJP Haryana president Krishan Pal Singh Gurjar also supported Goel saying that there was no dearth of applicants and ticket seekers in the BJP but he, too, discreetly indicated that the party was waiting for outside talent. He said “We have strong candidates in our party. But we will naturally welcome stronger candidates to come and join us and show their readiness to contest from our platform.” Interestingly, Goel and Gurjar separately stated that the first meeting of the party’s central election committee (CEC) to deliberate on Haryana will only be held on September 19,
even though the filing of nomination would have started a day earlier on September 18. The last date for filing of nominations is September 25. Sources said the BJP may be the last to come out with its list after the Congress, Om Prakash Chautala’s INLD and even Bhajan Lal’s HJC. A BJP insider said: “We are in no hurry to announce our candidates. Whoever fails to get the ticket in other parties will line up on our doorstep.” Meanwhile, Goel said he was going to Rohtak tomorrow for a meeting of the state campaign committee where they would discuss campaign issues and the strategy to be adopted for the
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We will take back retrenched staff, claims Chautala
Kurukshetra September 16 He was addressing a public meeting in support of party candidate from Thanesar Ashok Arora at HUDA’s Sector - 17 here late last night. He promised that all 25,000 employees retrenched by the Congress government would be reinstated if the INLD came to power. The unemployed persons would be given a monthly allowance of Rs 3,000 and the age limit for government jobs raised from 40 to 45 years while 50 per cent jobs in the private sector would be reserved for residents of Haryana. Similarly, 25 kg of foodgrain per month would be given to each family below the poverty line and loan up to Rs 1 lakh to small farmers, shopkeepers, employees and labourers would be waived. Describing the HJC and the BSP as ‘B’ team parties of the Congress, Chautala said both could return to the Congress fold any time. Mr Chautala appealed to the people to reach Jind on September 25 to celebrate the birth anniversary of
Devi Lal. Addressing the rally, INLD state president Ashok Arora alleged that the Congress government had decreased the budget for Geeta Jayanti from Rs 2 crore to Rs 30 lakh. No new project had been started to bring Kurukshetra on the International map of tourism. Bhupender Singh Hooda it seemed was the CM of Rohtak alone going by the jobs given to the youth of Rohtak. PC Saini, former sarpanch of Bahri, along with his supporters announced they had joined the INLD. Former ministers Jaswinder Singh Sandhu and Tara Singh, former MLA Jasbir Malor, Makhan Singh, Maya Ram, Buta Singh, Om Prakash Hathira, Dharampal Kheri, Man Singh Barwa, Malak Singh Kang and Jita Ram also addressed the gathering. |
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BSP gen secy Manjit to quit party
Rewari, September 16 An announcement to this effect was made by Manjit Singh and others at a press conference here today. Manjit alleged that rightful claims of committed party activists, including him, were being ignored.
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This time round, dera followers want to fight poll
Sirsa, September 16 At least three prominent dera followers have started their election campaign in Sirsa and the neighbouring Fatehabad district. There are reports that more at least 24 dera followers are contemplating contesting elections this time and most have applied for the Congress ticket. Their supporters maintain that they will go by the mandate of the sangat (dera followers) in case the Congress does not nominate them. Dera Sacha Sauda, which has followers all over the state, wields considerable influence in some assembly seats in Haryana. This was evident during the parliamentary elections. Though the dera’s political affairs wing had authorised its followers to take a decision at the local level, dera votes went to the Congress, at least in Haryana. The political affairs wing is yet to announce its decision on the dera’s role in the assembly elections. Three of its senior functionaries - Bachan Bajaj in Sirsa, Narsi Dass Goyal in Fatehabad and Roshan Lal in Tohana-have already begun their respective poll campaigns, carrying the Congress flag. Bajaj organised a road show in Sirsa today while Goyal has been touring Fatehabad village since Monday. “We have demanded 32 seats for dera followers and hope that the party high command will not let us down as we have always supported the party,” said Goyal.Ram Pal, state convener of the political wing of the dera, however, maintained that the wing would take a decision on the elections soon. He said there was a feeling among the dera followers that elected representatives tended to ignore them after the elections. Hence, several of them wanted to contest the elections
themselves. He emphasised that the dera management had nothing to do with the decision of the
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Meanwhile, Surjewala looking Centre-wards
Kaithal, September 16 However, if the Congress high command would direct him to contest the Assembly elections from Kaithal, he would certainly contest the poll. Talking to mediapersons at his residence - Kisan Bhawan - here, Surjewala said he had devoted a major part of his career in the service of the people of Haryana, but now he wanted to serve at the national level in whatever capacity high command thought fit. He said as MLA , he had begun several schemes for the welfare of the people in his constituency. He would continue to work for them till the end. |
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Poll Effect
Chandigarh, September 16 Stating this here today, Urvashi Gulati, Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management, said the decision had been taken in view of the Assembly elections, as most of the staff and senior functionaries of the Revenue Department would be busy in the election work in October. She said these orders had been issued in concurrence with the Election Commission of India. |
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SC turns down plea against minister
New Delhi, September 16 A three-Judge Bench, headed by Justice BN Agarwal, advised the petitioner, Rajbahadur Singh from Uttar Pradesh, to file an appropriate petition in the HC, rather than a PIL. When the petitioner’s counsel, Anurag Tomar, referred to the HC as that of Haryana, Justice GS Singhvi, who has been at the HC for 10 years, admonished him, stating that “so far, politicians have not divided the High Court. Why are you doing it?” Rejecting the kin theory, Justice Agarwal asked the petitioner whether he would avoid the apex court if he faced a similar problem. “Why should you presume that you will not get justice” because a Judge was related to an interested party? he wondered. When counsel Tomar referred to the name of Justice Nirmal Yadav, the Bench said the Solan land scam mentioned in the PIL had nothing to do with the Rs 15 lakh involved in the “cash-on-doorstep” scandal. The Bench, which included Justice MK Sharma, also questioned the petitioner from Eta district, why he was not trying to improve the situation in his own state, rather than worrying about Haryana. The court, however, asked the HC to deal with the issue on merit without taking into account its comments while disposing of the PIL. Observing that the allegations were based mainly on newspaper reports, the Bench clarified that its own experience showed that the media was not doing accurate reporting of even the judgments and orders that were made available in black and white. |
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Train attack 4 teenagers did it: Guard
Karnal, September 16 V.Kamraj, IG, Rohtak range, KK Rao, SSP, Karnal, SP, Railways, Charu Bali, and DSP of Karnal Surinder Boria along with an FSL team visited the site and collected some stones. The windowpanes of coaches C-2, C-3 and
C-7 of the express train were stoned near Panipat last night. Although preliminary investigations indicate that it may have been mischief by some teenaged boys, the police and the RPF are not taking any chances. Kuldeep Sharma, a guard with the Shatabdi Express, has identified four boys in the age group of 13-14 who stoned the train near Gharaunda Anaj Mandi between Karnal and Panipat. The train made an unscheduled stop at Gate No 54 after the incident, but the miscreants could not be nabbed. Rahul Gandhi was on seat no 66 of C-3. Fortunately the flying stones hit the windowpanes of C-2, C-4 and C-7, but no damage was done to C-3. No passenger was injured. A case has been registered under Section 152 of the Railway Act at the Panipat RPF post on the complaint of the guard. Pelting of stones on trains on this route by wayward boys is common, say sources. The incident has brought the issue of risk to the security of VVIPs travelling in trains along with other passengers to the fore. |
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Kabulpur survivor in stupor
Rohtak, September 16 The police appears clueless. The silence of one of the survivors, a teenaged girl, has been baffling. No one has been arrested or rounded up yet. Sonam, 19, who lost her parents Surender and Pramila and a younger brother Arvind (17) in the incident was approached by this correspondent at the PGIMS this noon. Flanked by a relative and policewomen, she did not utter a word. The girl remained stone-faced. The DSP(HQ), Dalbir Singh, stated to be the in charge of the probe, said the police was working on various theories and all should be clear soon. It seems two labourers working in the house for electric fittings were also found unconscious on the upper floor this morning. They had consumed food that was served to the rest of the family by one of the girls in the family. |
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Voter cards: Final chance for Gurgaon residents
Gurgaon, September 16 District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Anurag Aggarwal today reviewed the election-related arrangements and directed the sector officers deputed
in the 76-Badshahpur and 77-Gurgaon Assembly segments to ensure that the VRICs in their areas had
become operational. Aggarwal said the residents of the Gurgaon and Badshahpur Assembly segments, who wanted to get themselves registered as voters or get any rectifications made, could approach their nearest VRIC by 5 pm tomorrow. Aggarwal said the people could know the location of their nearest VRIC by visiting the website of the Gurgaon district administration,
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Mob lynches thief
Panipat, September 16 Ram Niwas (40), a resident of Uttar Pradesh, who, along with three of his friends, had entered Durga Factory last night and was trying to steal stuff that could fetch them some money, became the victim of the mob’s fury. The four persons were spotted by neighbours, who raised the alarm. A large number of people assembled outside the factory and got hold of the four. The mob then started beating up them, causing serious injuries to them. Later, the police intervened to save the four persons from the mob. The four injured were taken to the Civil Hospital, where Ram Niwas died. The police has registered a case against around 25 persons. |
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Ex-Bar assn chief shot at
Sonepat, September 16 Mastan, who got seriously injured, was rushed to Jaipur Golden Hospital in Delhi, where he is reported to be out of danger. The police alerted all nakas, but the miscreants managed to escape. A case has been registered on a complaint filed by Mastan’s brother. Members of the Sonepat Bar Association went on strike in protest against the incident. Condemning the incident, the association demanded immediate arrest of the assailants. A delegation of the association met SP Mahender Singh Sheoran, who assured them that the police would arrest the assailants soon. |
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