J A L A N D H A R    E D I T I O N

Congress’ Warning To Govt Officials
Stop committing atrocities on govt’s behalf
Hoshiarpur, December 6
The Congress leadership in Hoshiarpur has warned government officials to stop doing atrocities on party men on behalf of SAD-BJP leaders, failing which they would be severely dealt with under section 311 of Constitution once the Congress comes to power.

Ludhiana Firing
Local Sikh bodies extend support to bandh call
Jalandhar, December 6
As Ludhiana continues to burn, local Sikh organisations have extended their support to the Punjab bandh call for Monday.

3rd round of anti-polio drive kicks off
Jalandhar, December 6
Civil Surgeon Dr S.S. Walia today inaugurated the third round of polio mop-up drive by administering drops to children in the Civil Hospital, Jalandhar. Also present on the occasion were SMO Dr Balvir Singh, District Vaccination Officer Dr Rita Jerath, District Education and Information Officer Rakeshpal Singh and Dr Surinder Kumar.

Enrolment in Rahul Gandhi’s AAKS scheme gets underway
Jalandhar, December 6
The first-ever enrolment of members under the aam aadmi ks sipahi (AAKS) in Punjab got underway at Adampur here today.

BSP flays government
Jalandhar, December 6
The BSP will announce its Punjab executive body in January and the emphasis would be on naming leaders and workers who have worked hard to espouse the cause of the poor, said Party National General Secretary Narinder Kashyap. — TNS

Battle over bottle

Jalandhar, December 6 A glucose bottle became a reason for a scuffle in the surgical ward of the Civil Hospital on Sunday, leading to injuries to many. According to sources, about 10 people were involved in the clash. Broiled youngsters reportedly overturned some of the beds in the ward and hit each other with glucose stands. The drama lasted for about 10 minutes until the jail security man threatened them with his gun. The rioters belonged to an extended family in Jugral village and had a quarrel over some issue last week.— TNS

Beds lie overturned after a scuffle in the surgical ward at Civil Hospital in Jalandhar on Sunday. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh

Congress’ Warning To Govt Officials
Stop committing atrocities on govt’s behalf
Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, December 6
The Congress leadership in Hoshiarpur has warned government officials to stop doing atrocities on party men on behalf of SAD-BJP leaders, failing which they would be severely dealt with under section 311 of Constitution once the Congress comes to power.

In a press conference here yesterday, Hoshiarpur MP Santosh Chaudhary, MLAs Love Kumar Goldy, Sangat Singh Gilzian, former minister Ramesh Chander Dogra, former of the Chairman Improvement Trust Pawan Kumar Adia, former MLA Ram Lubhaya, former Chairman Market Committee Sunder Sham Arora and other local Congress leaders said lists of said officers had already been prepared for this purpose. They said 100 to 150 cases of atrocities on the Congressmen had been noticed in each state assembly segment of Hoshiarpur district.

On NREGS implementation, they alleged that the district administration was making false claims regarding it. Instead of providing funds directly to the panchayats, which are executing agencies for the implementation of NREGS, these were being given to them through their Block Development and Panchayat Officers.

They said funds to panchayats should be given proportionately according to the existing number of job cards but these were being allotted on the recommendations of the leaders of the ruling party irrespective of their requirement.

While refuting all allegations, Deputy Commissioner Megh Raj said question of ignoring the Congress leaders did not arise. On NREGS, he said it was being implemented transparently under strict vigil. However, if any discrepancy was found in its implementation, he would probe it.

Ludhiana Firing
Local Sikh bodies extend support to bandh call
Tribune Reporters

Jalandhar, December 6
As Ludhiana continues to burn, local Sikh organisations have extended their support to the Punjab bandh call for Monday. The bodies , however, claimed that vehicular and railway traffic will not be disturbed and there will a peacefull procession in the city. Besides, essential services like hospital and medical stores will also function as scheduled.

A spokesperson of the organisations informed that traders, schools and colleges have been asked to cooperate by keeping their establishments closed for a day. Meanwhile, the district police beefed up security around the dera in Nurmahal to avoid any untoward incident. Sources in the police claimed that additional police force, in plain clothes, has also been deputed at strategic places, in case of any emergency. One BSF, 2 PAP companies have been deputed for the purpose.

Phagwara: The police has made elaborate security arrangements to prevent any untoward incident taking in view of the bandh call.

Nawanshahr: The activists of the Sikh Students Federation (Grewal) led by Param Singh Khalsa today blocked traffic and burnt the effigy of Baba Ashutosh of Divya Jagriti Sansthan, Nurmahal, here at Chandigarh Chowk, to protest against the Ludhiana incident, in which a Sikh devotee was killed and many others injured in the firing, yesterday.

Meanwhile, SGPC General Secretary Sukhdev Singh Bhaur, District SAD (B) president Mohinder Singh Hussainpur have condemned the firing incident and demanded case against Baba Ashutosh. They also demanded action against BJP MLA Harish Bedi for supporting the Baba.

3rd round of anti-polio drive kicks off
Tribune Reporters

Jalandhar, December 6
Civil Surgeon Dr S.S. Walia today inaugurated the third round of polio mop-up drive by administering drops to children in the Civil Hospital, Jalandhar.

Also present on the occasion were SMO Dr Balvir Singh, District Vaccination Officer Dr Rita Jerath, District Education and Information Officer Rakeshpal Singh and Dr Surinder Kumar.

As many as 5,532 health workers and volunteers were put on duty in 1,383 camps, organised in the district, to reach a target of 2,93,000 children. Disclosing the above information, Dr Walia said 31 transit, 73 mobile teams and 273 supervisors were put on duty to ensure that no child below 5 years of age was devoid of the dose.

According to officials, 1,39,266 children were administered drops on the first day of the camp. Those who couldn’t come to the camps today will be given the dose at their homes by the mobile teams of the Health Department in the next three days, said Dr Walia. He urged the parents and school teachers to cooperate with the department.

Phagwara: Only 7,395 children out of targeted 12,500 children could be administered polio drops on first day of campaign in Phagwara town on sunday. Senior Medical Officer Dr Rajiv Gupta said 43 teams were deputed in the town. As many as 8,432 kids were given polio drops in rural areas of the Phagwara sub-division today. SMO Panchhatt Dr Kailash Kapoor said the remaining kids would be covered in next two days during house-to-house campaign.

Enrolment in Rahul Gandhi’s AAKS scheme gets underway
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, December 6
The first-ever enrolment of members under the aam aadmi ks sipahi (AAKS) in Punjab got underway at Adampur here today.

The scheme, a brainchild of AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, envisages designating five dedicated people in each village to solve the problems of the people and ensure that the village folk derive the maximum benefit of various developmental schemes of the UPA government at the grass root level.

Rural YC chief Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary said a meeting of the representatives from scores of villages was held today in which 50 members were formally enrolled. The drive would continue in phases and the target to cover all the villages in Adampur, Nakodar, Phillaur, Kartarpur, Lohian, Jalandhar East and some parts of Jalandar Cantonment constituencies.

On completion, 5,000 sipahis will be in place in all the villages in the abovementioned constituencies and those enrolled will work in their respective villages and submit monthly reports to us.

The event was organised by former PYC general secretary Monty Sehgal.

BSP flays government

Jalandhar, December 6
The BSP will announce its Punjab executive body in January and the emphasis would be on naming leaders and workers who have worked hard to espouse the cause of the poor, said Party National General Secretary Narinder Kashyap He was addressing a rally on the 53rd death anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar here today.

BSP state chief and MP Avtar Singh Karimpuri said the state government has totally failed on all fronts and this has been proved by its inept handling of the Vienna attacks and the recent incidents at Ludhiana. The government had also failed to stop the religious, social and economic exploitation of the masses, he said. — TNS