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INLD, BJP look to each other’s turf
BJP fields Anil Vij from Ambala cantt
63 candidates on BSP’s first list
Ajay Chautala to contest from Dabwali
Tohana: No rat race for this assembly seat
Second List
Priest held on rape charges
Finally, HP depot to be shifted
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MDU to organise youth festivals
Submit staff details, depts told
Statue row: Two held
4 kids feared drowned
INLD cannot be trusted, warns Congress
No place for Chander Mohan in party: HJC chief
Denied ticket, BJP’s Dr Verma quits
BJP names 20 more
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INLD, BJP look to each other’s turf
New Delhi, September 21 The off-and-on relationship between the two parties broke off a few weeks ago and they are now ready with strategies to “expand” their respective bases and poach on the rival’s turf. Sitting in his Delhi office, Ajay Chautala today blamed the BJP for the break-up saying it “uses” its allies. “Our vote bank is committed and we are making good progress in urban areas,” he claimed. Countering him, Vijay Goel, BJP party in charge for Haryana, said this evening: “We broke off as the BJP being a national party and had to go it alone and build its base in rural areas. Our ‘gaon chalo abhiyan’ will show results in these polls”. He claimed that at least in rural areas, landed farmers had started listening to the BJP viewpoint. Chautala said:“We will target the Hooda government on the worsening law and order situation. People are feeling insecure. “Also, the party is keeping its options open in case of a hung House,” Chautala said, adding that his party had got “strong” candidates in urban areas. Asked if the INLD could go with the BJP at the national level, Chautala said: “We have to support an anti-Congress front. There are umpteen possibilities.” Goel maintained that the BJP’s fight was with the Congress and not the INLD or the Bhajan Lal-led Haryana Janhit Congress. “We are the alternative in Haryana and not these two”. Only two days ago, INLD supremo Om Prakash Chautala had taken pot- shots at various parties, saying the BJP could not win a single seat in the state as its reins were in the hands of leaders who had no mass base. “We have always sided with the BJP to strengthen the hands of anti-Congress parties. The BJP took this as our weakness”. He had dubbed the Haryana Janhit Congress as a “B-team of the Congress” and ruled out the possibility of a post-poll alliance with the it. Chautala did not rule the possibility of a post-poll alliance with the BSP. |
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BJP fields Anil Vij from Ambala cantt
Ambala, September 21 A three-time MLA, Vij has won the elections twice as an Independent. He contested the elections for the first time on the BJP ticket. He was expelled from the BJP for anti-party activities. He contested the elections as an Independent in 1996 and 2000 and 2005. He lost in 2005 to DK Bansal, sitting MLA from Congress, by a mere 550 votes. The decision to field Vij from Ambala cantonment does not seem to have gone down well with local workers of the BJP who met at the party office and stated they would oppose the move. A senior leader, Ravinder Dhawan, said the workers had not been consulted by the party high command before allotting the ticket to Vij. They alleged that Vij had supported the Congress during the recent parliamentary elections and the high command should allot the ticket to a BJP loyalist instead.
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63 candidates on BSP’s first list
Chandigarh, September 21 BSP general secretary and in charge of party’s state wing Maan Singh Manhera here today said the list had been prepared after the approval of Mayawati on the basis of “social engineering” theory of the party. State BSP president Prakash Bharti would contest from Mullana in Ambala district, where he is likely to take on his counterpart in the Haryana Congress Phool Chand Mullana. The BSP candidate had led in this constituency in the last Lok Sabha elections. The party’s sitting lone MLA Arjun Singh, whose constituency, Chhachhrauli, has been abolished in the last delimitation exercise, would now contest from Naraingarh in Ambala district. Former minister Akaram Khan would contest from Jagadhari, while former minister Davender Sharma has been fielded from Thanesar. A long-standing associate of former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, Sharma recently quit the Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) to join the BSP. The other candidates are Ravi Choudhry-Sadhaura, Narender Sharma-Pundri, Zakir Hussein-Sohna, Ram Bhaj-Narwana, Gurdial Sain-Ladwa, Balwan Arya Janghra, state BSP vice-president-Barwala, Makhan Singh Labana-Ambala city, Sanjay Sharma-Tohana, Ashwani Kumar Rana-Radaur, Anil Rana-Assandh, Harvinder Kalyan-Gharaunda and Sunil Kumar Kamboj-Indri. Kuldip Balmiki would contest from Israna, Manmohar G7urjar (Badhana) from Samalkha, Sushil Nidhi Sharma-Uchana, Suresh Kaushik-Safidon, Fateh Singh Sharma-Kiloi, Manoj Yadav-Badli, Tek Chand Sharma-Prithla, Daya Badhana-Punhana, Net Ram, advocate-Pataudi, industrialist Vijay Somani-Rewari and Chander Singh Kaushik-Ateli Mandi.Master Narender Prajapat is likely to take on Haryana Minister of State for Tourism and Forests Kiran Choudhry, as the BSP has nominated him from Tosham. The BSP has fielded Ravi Shankar Rajput from Bhiwani, Ravi Mehmian Sharma from Loharu, Parshotam Saini from Narnaul, Rajesh Prajapati from Adampur, the traditional seat of the Bhajan Lal family, Mange Ram Prajapati from Hansi, Amarjit Kaur Balmiki from Ratia, Major Singh Khatrava from Kalawali, Vir Singh (Rai Sikh) from Rania, Vijay Bansal, who recently left the Congress, from Kalka, Sanjiv Bhardwaj from Panchkula, Praveen Chauhan from Ambala cantt and Ramesh Prajapati from Kalyat. Om Pal Tanwar would contest on behalf of the BSP from Ballabhgarh, Gangadhar Kaushik from Nalwa, Anil Aggarwal from Bahadurgarh, Balwan Fauji from Rohtak, Trilok Chand Sethi from Hodal, Krishan Jamalpur from Bawani Khera, Prit Mohinder Singh from Dabwali, Prasann Singh Khosa from Ellenabad, Arun Kaushik from Ganaur, Jatindra Sharma from Gohana, Sumer Chand Janghra from Julana and Ramesh Saini from Jind. While Suresh Garg will contest from Kaithal, Baldev Singh from Shahabad, Kapil Budhiraja from Panipat city, Satinder Kashyap from Panipat rural, Zile Singh Balmiki from Bawal, Sukesh Diwan from Mahendragarh, Narain Sharma from Rai, Bhim Singh Rathi from Gurgaon, Rao Kamalvir from Kosli and Sandip Mehra from
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Ajay Chautala to contest from Dabwali
Chandigarh, September 21 Ajay Singh, elder son of Om Prakash Chautala and secretary-general of the party, is a Rajya Sabha member. His term comes to an end next year. He had lost the recent Lok Sabha elections from Bhiwani-Mahendragarh. The candidature of Ajay Singh was announced by his younger brother Abhey Singh, who is member of the political affairs committee of the INLD. He also announced the nomination of six other candidates. The number of candidates declared by the party till date is 81. Former MLA Sahida Khan will contest from Sohna; Bimla Kadiyan, wife of former Speaker Satbir Singh Kadiyan, from Panipat (Rural); Dr K.D. Sharma from Ambala cantonment; Inderjit Singh Dahiya from Rai; Ganga Ram from Pataudi and Ashok Manik from the Karnal assembly segment.
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Tohana: No rat race for this assembly seat
Tohana (Fatehabad), September 21 Tohana was represented by Paramvir Singh, a former parliamentary secretary, in the dissolved assembly. Except for a few occasions, the seat has been contested or represented by his family since 1967, when his father, Harpal Singh, a veteran Congress leader, won his first election here. Harpal Singh contested and won all elections till 1977 when his cousin, Col Bhim Singh, contested instead.Harpal Singh later returned to the poll arena and except for his defeats in 1987 and 1996, he remained in the saddle. The only occasion when someone outside Harpal Singh’s family was nominated from here by the Congress was during a byelection in 1985 when the then CM, Bhajan Lal, fielded his kin Hanuman Bishnoi. Harpal Singh’s son, Paramveer Singh, contested the last elections in 2000 and 2005, losing the first to Nishan Singh of the INLD and winning the last one. This time only three applications for the seat were received when Congress observer Avtar Henry arrived in Fatehabad to meet ticket aspirants. One of those belonged to Paramvir Singh’s brother Randhir Singh, president of the District Congress Committee. Nishan Singh, who has been fielded by the INLD, has contested the last three elections consecutively. The name of Subhash Barala, nominated by the BJP, was a foregone conclusion and the BSP candidate, Sanjay Sharma, has been campaigning in the assembly segment ever since he joined the party three years ago. The HJC is yet to announce its candidate for Tohana and as of now, there seem to be few takers for the ticket.
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Second List
Chandigarh, September 21 Former minister Dharambir Yadav will contest from Kosli; former MLA Giri Raj Kishore from Hodal; Jile Ram Sharma from Assandh; Sumitra Dahiya from Baroda; Rohtash Khatana from Sohna; Ranjit Kaushik from Rai; Baba Baldev Labana from Pehowa; Mahinder Odd from Bawani Khera; Suraj Bhan Kataria from Shahabad; Rajender Thekedar from Rewari; and Naresh Dhande from Guhla. The party has fielded Raj Pehalwan from Badli; Randhir Singh from Tohana; Sudhir Gautam from Julana; Devi Lal Dadba from Ellenabad; Safi Mohd from Punhana; Mukesh Tayal from Gohana; Amar Nath Baggan from Mullana; Balmukand Sharma from Uchana; Anil Dua from Meham; Ram Gopal Mehta from Kalka; and Sucha Singh Baknaur from Amabal Cantt. K.L. Pahwa will contest from Gurgaon; Paramjit Gulati from Badhkhal; Swami Suresh Khatri from Garhi-Sampla-Kiloi; Sachin Balmiki from Jhajjar; Rakesh Saroha from Israna; Ramdhari Dhanak from Kalanaur; and Dr Sunil Sharam from Beri. While Dr Mahbir Singh will contest from Kharkhauda, Dharampal Toor from Narana and Mamraj Kamboj will contest from Radaur on the HJC ticket.
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Priest held on rape charges
Panipat, September 21 According to information, Swami Vishnu Prakash attempted to rape his 16-year-old niece on the temple premises. The police stated that he was assisted by Sadhvi Gobind Bharti in alluring the girl to a room where he tried to molest her. However, as the girl raised an alarm, her parents who were in the vicinity reached there and rescued their daughter from the clutches of the priest. The girl’s father later reported the matter to the Sadar police station after which both priest and the sadhvi were called to the police station where the swami confessed to have committed the crime. After registering a case the police arrested the accused. Later, he was produced before a local court which granted him bail. The girl’s parents were the natives of Lodhipur village of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh, but as of now they were residing in Nizampur village of the district.
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Finally, HP depot to be shifted
Ambala, September 21 Ambala DC Sameer Pal Srow said the district administration had cleared the file for allotment of site next to the IOC. “This was a long-pending demand by the HP officials. Also, this was required from the security point of view. We have written to the government an official announcement is expected after the elections.” HP officials were, however, unaware of the decision and a senior official said they had not heard anything. The HP depot is located less than 500 metres from GT Road and the railway station. The company officials had repeatedly written to the government to shift the depot, which is spread over three acres. Officials at the depot were always worried at the possibility of an accident, especially during Divali, and because of its proximity to the busy highway. The HPCL depot has been here since 1950. It was renovated in 1990 and ever since it has been supplying to depots in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Officials said the HPCL too was looking to shifting to a site next to the IOC depot. |
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MDU to organise youth festivals
Jhajjar, September 21 These festivals will start from October 6. According to MDU spokesperson, all students of engineering and management institutes falling under the university jurisdiction would be able to participate in 42 events of these festivals. The youth festival of the Rohtak zone would be organised from October 23 to 25, while the inter-zonal youth festival would be held on the university campus in the second week of November. Besides, the university authorities would also host the all-India inter-university national youth festival in January
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Submit staff details, depts told
Gurgaon, September 21 Those who fail to comply with these orders will have to face action under Section 134 of the Representation of Peoples Act, 1951. As per the District Election Office, there are nearly 300 departments working under control of the Central or state governments in the district. Among the defaulting departments are offices of SE HUDA-II, BHEL Gwal Pahari, South Circle Conservator of Forest Department, District Forest Officer and RM Forest Development Corporation. |
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Statue row: Two held
Sirsa, September 21 The police had booked 14 persons in connection with rioting and stone pelting on the police on September 18, when the police removed the statue of Martyr Radhey Sham from the Panchmukhi Chowk, which had been earlier installed by samiti members. The samiti members had installed the statue after a longstanding dispute with the Agarwal community over the naming of the roundabout, which has since been razed by the authorities to end the controversy. |
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Faridabad, September 21 Meanwhile, the police today found body of an officer of the Narcotic branch of the Intelligence Bureau, identified as Vikram Chaudhary, a resident of Jamalpura in Munger district of Bihar, from the industrial area of Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation at Kundli in Sonepat on the Haryana -Delhi border. A 6-bullet capacity service revolver has been recovered from the spot. Initial investigations suggest it to be a case of suicide.
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INLD cannot be trusted, warns Congress
Sirsa, September 21 Ved Parkash Vidrohi, spokesman for the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, said the move also proved that the two political parties had been willfully letting the issue linger on for selfish reasons. He said while the Congress government had constructed the Hansi-Butana canal at a cost of Rs 360 crore for equitable distribution of water among all parts of the state, Chautala and Badal had been trying to create hurdles and controversies. The Congress leader appealed to the people to see through the game plan of the Chautalas and teach the INLD a lesson in the elections. |
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No place for Chander Mohan in party: HJC chief
Chandigarh, September 21 “Chander Mohan is in the Congress and there is no question of giving him ticket from the HJC. He has not even approached us. One thing should be very clear that there is no place for him in our party at this point of time,” Kuldeep Bishnoi told reporters here. “We can think of giving ticket to Seema Bishnoi (Chander Mohan’s wife), if she approaches us. However, in such matters the final decision will be of our party’s high command,”he said. Chander Mohan is a four-time Congress legislator from the Kalka Assembly seat, which is now divided into Kalka and Panchkula seats. Talking about joining hands with any other party, Kuldeep Bishnoi said: “There is no possibility of making an alliance with any other political party. We have realised one thing that people never vote for alliances, they always vouch for individual’s merits. It is totally false that Bhajan Lal had met BJP leader Lal Krishan Advani in New Delhi to strike an alliance with the BJP”. Kuldeep Bishnoi and Bhajan Lal were suspended from the Congress after they floated their own political outfit in 2007. The father-son duo was upset with the Congress leadership since Bhajan Lal was denied the Chief Minister’s post even though he led the party to one of its biggest victories in the 2005 Assembly polls. The HJC yesterday declared its second list of 32 candidates. Earlier, it had released a list of 26 candidates for the 90-seat Assembly polls. Bishnoi is contesting from Adampur seat in Hisar district, considered a stronghold of Bhajan Lal. Whereas Bhajan Lal, lone winner from HJC in the May LS elections, is not contesting. The Congress won nine out of the 10 LS seats in the May general elections this year. The Congress is yet to announce its candidates. Last date of filing nominations in Haryana is September 25. Elections will be held Oct 13 and the counting will be on Oct 22. — IANS
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Denied ticket, BJP’s Dr Verma quits
Yamunanagar, September 21 Showing a copy of her resignation letter, she said she had sent it to the BJP national president, Rajnath Singh, and state president Krishan Pal Gujjar as she felt that senior leaders were being neglected. She said the ticket for the Yamunanagar assembly segment was given to Ghanshyam Dass who had lost the elections twice earlier. The sentiments of party workers were being ignored. “ My supporters are disappointed that I have not been allotted the ticket ,” she said. “If the sentiments of workers and the popularity of the leaders are not taken into count during ticket allotment, I think there is no use in supporting such a party.”She said she was the first state president of the BJP in 1980 and “I have won from Yamunanagar thrice. I have spent months in jail during Emergency.”Asked whether she would join any other party, she replied: “ I have not decided anything yet but after consulting my supporters, I may contest from another party.”
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New Delhi, September 21 The others on the list are: Guhla (SC) Ghanshyam Bajigar; Kaithal Ravibhushan Garg; Pundri Krishan Gurjar; Kharkhauda Ramniwas; Julana Shamsher Singh; Fatehabad Bhisham Pitamah; Ellenabad Amir Chand Mehta; Adampur Pawan Khariya; Tosham Meena Parmar; Bawani Khera (SC) Jai Narayan Khundiya; Garhi Sampla-Kiloi Som Dev Sharma; Rewari Randhir Kapriwas; Sohna Tejpal Tanwar; Nuh Sanjay Singh; Punahana Syed Tiyab Hussain; Hathin Tekchand; Palwal Anangpal Baisla; Faridabad NIT Mahendra Bhadana and Badkhal Seema Trikha.
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