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December 13, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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Sonia accepts Bhajan Lal’s choice as rally venue DC says no to roadblocks Chautala’s iftar party tomorrow CPM slams govt for coffin scam Haryana Cong to protest
against POTO Ex-DGP Ramesh Sehgal dead |
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HUDA auction at Rohtak 
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Sonia accepts Bhajan Lal’s choice as rally venue Chandigarh, December 12 According to sources in the camp of the former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition, Mrs Gandhi will address a public rally at Hisar on December 22. Though no announcement has been officially made yet, sources at 10, Janpath (Sonia’s residence) have confirmed this to the Bhajan Lal camp. There has been a general impression that the equation of Mr Bhajan Lal with the party high command is not what it used to be between him and former Prime Minister, P.V. Narasimha Rao. The impression was strengthened when despite Mr Bhajan Lal’s strong opposition, the party high command favoured another term for Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda as chief of the Haryana Congress. However, Mrs Gandhi’s acceptance of Mr Bhajan Lal’s invitation to address the proposed Hisar rally will certainly boost the morale of his followers, who had been sulking for several months over what they perceived as “continuous marginalisation” of their leader in party affairs. As far as the Hooda camp is concerned, Mrs Gandhi’s decision will certainly come as a blow to his followers, though it may not weaken his position in the party immediately. According to informed sources, the AICC General Secretary in charge of Haryana affairs, Mrs Mohsina Kidwai, had convened a meeting of four senior Haryana Congress leaders, Mr Hooda, Mr Bhajan Lal, Mr Birender Singh and Mr Shamsher Singh Surjewala, last week to decide the venue of the rally to be addressed by Mrs Gandhi. The sources say different leaders suggested various venues. While Mr Hooda favoured Panipat, Mr Bhajan Lal’s choice was his home district of Hisar. If Mr Birender Singh seemed inclined for Narnaul which is in the Ahir belt, Mr Surjewala was either for Jind or Hisar. The party high command, the sources say, opted for Hisar today. The immediate fallout of Mrs Gandhi’s decision will be confined to the Haryana Congress alone. It is too early to hazard a guess about what impact Mrs Gandhi’s visit would have on Haryana politics, vis-a-vis the ruling INLD, though supporters of Mr Bhajan Lal had been claiming that the day their leader was given due respect by the high command, countdown for the Chautala Government would begin. The Hooda camp may draw some consolation that the Hisar rally will be organised under the banner of the Pradesh Congress Committee. But the fact remains that the Hisar rally will be known as the Bhajan Lal rally as was the experience with the Bhiwani rally of March last, which too was held under the auspices of the PCC. Barring Mr Bhajan Lal, all other leaders were virtually not allowed to speaker by a section of the audience. |
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DC says
no to roadblocks Kaithal, December 12 Addressing mediapersons, the Deputy Commissioner said it had become a tendency of agitators to block roads and cause inconvenience to public. To check this, the police had registered criminal cases against agitators, indulging in road blockade, on five occasions in the recent past, he said. Mr Dagar said only restricted power would be made available to the villages where more than 90 per cent consumers had not cleared their electricity bills. But at the same time, the state government had extended the interest and surcharge waiver scheme for the consumers till December 31, to enable them to pay the bills. He clarified that before restricting power supply to any village, a lok adalat would be held there to provide an opportunity to the consumers to get discrepancies in their bills , if any, rectified. He said the arrears of bills of Khurana village alone amounted to Rs 3 crore and steps were being taken to motivate villagers to clear their bills. He said if the villagers availed of the waiver scheme and made the payment in time, the amount of arrears would come down considerably. The Deputy Commissioner sought public cooperation through media to enlighten public about bans imposed on polythene and smoking at public places. He said steps were being taken to check the plying of unauthorised maxi-cabs, rash driving and overloading. The ongoing construction work of the local judicial complex would be completed before March 31, 2002, which would pave the way for the shifting of the district courts, he added. |
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Chautala’s iftar party tomorrow Faridabad, December 12 The district administration is working hard to organise it. About 15,000 guests were likely to attend the party, according to organisers. Over 2,500 cards have already been sent to national and state leaders, ambassadors and bureaucrats. Names of leading Muslim personalities figure on the list. The Shahi Imam, the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Union Minister, Shahnawaz Hussain, besides ministers from Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh are also among the invitees. A huge pandal is being erected at the venue which has been divided into 16 sectors and spread 10 acres. A special stage has also been set up. |
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CPM slams govt for coffin scam Rohtak, December 12 Mr Inderjit Singh, state secretary of the party, said national security remained seriously threatened under the Vajpayee government as there was nothing in the name of morality when it came to corruption and taking kickbacks. Mr Inderjit Singh said the pretence of patriotism created through the media to cash in on the sentiments of the people for the elections after the Kargil conflict had been exposed now. The CPM alleged that the Defence
Minister and top brass of the Army under the patronage of the Vajpayee government were indulging in acts of treason. |
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Haryana Cong to protest
against POTO Chandigarh, December 12 Mr Hooda said that the NDA Government at the Centre has brought this ordinance with draconian provisions to gag the Opposition. The Haryana Congress will organise a protest dharna at Kaithal on December 14 against POTO. On December 15 it would organise chaupal meeting in five villages of Yamunanagar under its “Chaupal ki Ore” programme. |
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Ex-DGP Ramesh Sehgal dead Chandigarh, December 12 Mr Sehgal, an IPS officer of the 1963 batch, had been suffering from cancer. He was 61. A large number of admirers attended the cremation at Manimajra cremation grounds this evening. Wreaths were laid on the body on behalf of the Haryana Police by its Director-General, Mr M.S. Malik, and former Directors-General of Punjab and Haryana Police settled in Chandigarh, Panchkula and SAS Nagar. Several senior police officers based here and surrounding districts of Ambala and Panchkula also paid their respects to Mr Sehgal. A guard of honour was presented by a contingent of the Haryana Police to its former chief. The Chief Secretary, Mr L.M. Goyal, represented the Haryana Government at the cremation. Mr Sehgal is survived by his wife and two sons. |
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HUDA auction at Rohtak Chandigarh, December 12 A spokesman of HUDA said 48 sites for booth and four built-up booths would be auctioned in Sector 1, as many as 27 booths sites and 11 built-up booths would be auctioned in Sectors 2 and 3. Similarly, 16 sites of booths would be auctioned in Sectors 2,3 and 4. Thirty five built-up booths would be auctioned at modern complex at Old Senior Secondary School. Thirty built-up booths would be auctioned in commercial urban estate. |
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Area under water irrigation up Chandigarh, December 12 The study found that there was a definite reduction in time for water to reach the tail-end for farmers to get water. |
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Coaching classes for Sainik schools Chandigarh, December 12 A spokesman of the board said that the classes would be conducted at Sainik Parivar Bhawan, Chhachhrauli in Yamunanagar district from January 2 to 28.
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Patwari held Chandigarh, December 12
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