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 Tuesday, July 20 1999 |
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Health
Dept staff give day's salary Electronic voting in Chandigarh BJP blames Cong for Kashmir
problem Roadways union condemns govt Resentment over frequent power
cuts Flood-control work inspected Commissioner reviews anti-flood
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HVP starts exercise for poll GURGAON, July 19 — The ruling Haryana Vikas Party (HVP), whose government faces a threat in Haryana, has begun exercises for a possible mid-term assembly elections along with parliamentary elections in the state. The talks between the HVP, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal (SHSAD) for an electoral alliance between the three is in the advanced stage. Although the talks for the number of seats to be shared between the three political parties is being kept under wraps, sources say the BSP has asked for 35 Assembly seats and the Akali Dal for five seats. There are 90 Assembly seats in the state. Out of the 10 Lok Sabha seats, the BSP is rooting for half of them. The sources said the SHSAD had not yet decided whether it would put up nominees on its own symbol or choose between the HVP and the BSP’s symbols. In any case, the SHSAD would take into confidence the major partner in the possible HVP-BSP-SHSAD alliance for the selection of its nominees for the Assembly elections. For the Lok Sabha seats, the SHSAD was likely to be given the privilege of being consulted in the selection of nominees in at least one parliamentary seat. Although the talks regarding the identification of the seats to be given to the BSP and the Akali Dal was yet to take a final shape, the SHSAD was likely to pitch in for the Assembly constituencies bordering Punjab and which had substantial Sikh population. The BSP chief Mr Kanshi Ram, had already gone on record that there would be an alliance between his party, the HVP and the SHSAD. The sources added that Mr Surender Singh, a former MP of the HVP from Bhiwani and son of Chief Minister Bansi Lal, was negotiating with Mr Kanshi Ram and Mr Tohra for the possible alliance. The involvement of the SHSAD has added a new dimension to the Haryana’s politics. Since the formation of Haryana in 1966, no Akali Dal from Punjab directly contested assembly or Lok Sabha elections. The Chief Minister of Punjab, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, and his party had earlier supported Mr Devi Lal and his political outfit in elections in the state. Mr Devi Lal and his political outfits had earlier roped in Mr Badal to cut ice with the Sikh population of the state. The BSP has so far not contested Assembly elections in Haryana in alliance with any political party. It has, however, contested parliamentary elections with the INLD in the last General Elections. The INLD-BSP combine had won five seats between them, besides putting up a tough fight in the prestigious Bhiwani seat against Mr Surender Singh of the HVP. Mr Ajay Chautala, son of Mr Om Prakash Chautala, was the INLD nominee against Mr Surender Singh. The HVP’s talks
with the BSP and the SHSAD in terms of assembly seats
assumes significance. Many see this as an indication of
second thoughts in the HVP regarding the longevity of the
Bansi Lal government, especially after the BJP withdrew
support. |
2 ministers resign? CHANDIGARH, July 19 — The Tribune office late tonight received two fax messages purported to be the resignations of two Haryana Ministers of State, Mr Azad Mohammad and Mr Jaswant Singh Bawal. The 'resignations', written in Hindi, were addressed to the Governor of Haryana. Their 'resignations' were faxed to The Tribune from the office of Mr Mohan Jain, a senior advocate of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. When contacted, Mr Jain confirmed the 'resignations' were faxed from his office. However, he refused to disclose the whereabouts of the two ministers. The ministers were not
available at their residences for confirmation. |
He died a hero’s death SIRSA, July 19 — "Mothers of martyrs don't shed tears," said the mother of 23-year-old jawan Krishan Kumar of Tarkanwali with a sense of pride, while casting a last glimpse at her son's body who died fighting a glorious battle at Tiger Hill on May 30. When the body of Krishan Kumar of 17 Jat Regiment, which was found after a month and a half, reached Sirsa on Thursday morning, a large crowd of people from different walks of life had gathered to receive it. The brave soldier was cremated amid slogans such as "Bharat mata ki jai" and "Krishan Kumar amar rahain". The bosom of Mr Jai Singh, 75-year-old father of Krishan Kumar, swelled with pride as Hawaldar Ranjeet Singh of 17 Jat Regiment narrated to him how his son fought the enemy with extraordinary valour. Though he was badly injured with a bullet, he killed eight intruders before he finally fell. Haryana Minister of State for Sports Ram Swarup Rama laid a wreath on the body on behalf of the Governor and the Chief Minister of Haryana. Mechanical Infantry Maj R.S Godara also placed a wreath on behalf of the Core Commander and the Chief of the Army Staff and G.O.C., 33 Division, Hisar. The administration was represented by the D.C., Dr Avtar Singh, A.D.C. Nirja Shekhar and S.P.B.S. Sandhu. Former MP Sushil Indora, former Haryana minister Ganeshi Lal, Mr Hazar Chand Kamboj and several senior leaders of the Congress, the BJP the HVP and the INLD and members of various organisations, including panches and sarpanches, also paid tributes. The Military and the
Haryana police jointly gave the last salute to the brave
soldier before his body was consigned to the flames by
his elder brother Baljeet Singh. |
73 soldiers died from
Haryana CHANDIGARH, July 19 — Haryana is proud of its 73 brave soldiers who sacrificed their lives in making "Operation Vijay" a big success in the Kargil-Dras sectors. Out of these, 11 each belong to Bhiwani and Jhajjar districts, nine each were from Rohtak and Mahendragarh districts, four each from Sonepat and Faridabad districts, three each from Hisar, Fatehabad, and Yamunanagar districts, two each from Gurgaon, Karnal, Panchkula and Rewari and one each from Ambala, Jind, Kurukshetra and Sirsa districts. The martyrs from Haryana are: Major Sandeep Sagar, Lt Amit Verma, Nb Sub Lal Singh, Sub Randhir Singh, Nb Sub Madan Singh, Hav Jai Prakash, Gdr Amar Deep, Sep Suresh Kumar, Nk Rishi Paul, Nk Birender Singh, L/Hav Ram Kumar, Nk S.S. Hooda, Sep Ravinder Singh, Sep Manjit Singh, CQMH Hans Raj, Hav Ram Singh, Nk Satya Pal, L/Hav Lachman Singh, Hav Vijay Singh, Nk Bhim Singh, Sep Krishan Kumar, Rfn Pravesh Kumar, Signal Man Vinod Kumar, Rfn Jasbir Singh, L/Nk Sham Singh, Grenadier Surinder Singh, Grenadier Manohar Lal, Grenadier Sukhbir Singh, L/Nk Raj Kumar, Hav Sidhkam, L/Nk Rajbir Singh, Hav Raj Singh, Sep Ashish Kumar, Sep Kuldip Singh, Gnr. Parvinder Singh, Sep Gulab Singh, Hav Navin Kumar Mehta, Major Vinay Choudhary, Sep Bhopal Singh, Gdr Sanjay Singh, Nursing Asstt Lila Ram, Sept/Barber Har Parshad, Hav Shiv Kumar, Rfn Jasbir Singh, Naik Rampal, Hav Gnr Lal Singh, L/Nk Vijay Singh, Hav Mahabir Singh, Nk Kishan Pal, L/Hav Lakh Ram, L/Hav Balwan Singh, Sep Virender Kumar, Sep Dharam Vir, L/Nk Zakir Hussain, L/Nk Ahmed Ali, Gdr Riasat Ali, L/Nk Azad Singh, Sep Narinder Singh, Sep Pavitar Kumar, Hav Hari Om, L/Nk Rajesh Singh, L/Nk Rajbir Singh, Sep Surinder Singh, Sep Sanjeev Kumar, Rfn Parminder Singh, Nk Suresh Kumar, Hav Rajbir Singh, Dy Commandant Sukhbir Singh Yadav, Dy Commandant Joy Lal, Hav Khajan Singh, Asstt Comdt Azad Singh Dalal, Dy Commandant Setpal Choudhary, L/Nk Bhim Singh, Head Constable, Teja Ram and Hav Ram Kumar. The Haryana Government
is giving exgratia of Rs 5 lakh to each of the families
of these brave soldiers of Haryana. |
Health Dept staff give day's
salary CHANDIGARH, July 19 — Employees of the Health Department, Haryana, have donated their one day''s salary and wages amounting to Rs 1.25 lakh to the Haryana Chief Minister's War Heroes Relief Fund for the welfare of the bereaved families of the martyrs who had made the supreme sacrifice in the Kargil sector. The Pharmacists Association of Haryana has also donated Rs 50,000 over and above their one day's salary towards this fund. Meanwhile, a cheque for
Rs 11,000 was presented towards the Kargil relief fund by
the Friends Traders Welfare Association, Colony No. 5,
here on Saturday. Mr Kewal Krishan Adiwal, Mr Kanhiya Lal
and Mr Bacchan, Mayor, Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy
Mayor, respectively, were present on the occasion. Mr Ram
Gopal Sharma, president of the association, appealed to
the colony residents to raise more funds for the Kargil
heroes. |
Electronic voting in Chandigarh ROHTAK, July 19 — Electronic voting machines will make a debut in Haryana in the politically-sensitive constituencies of Rohtak and Karnal in coming parliamentary elections scheduled for September 4. Electronic voting machines will will also be used in the Patiala, Tarn-Taran and Faridkot parliamentary constituencies of Punjab and Chandigarh. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Arun Kumar, told news persons here today that a total of 1710 machines were being procured to be used in the Rohtak parliamentary constituency. A total of nearly 9,18,444 lakh voters in this constituency would exercise their franchise through the electronic voting machines. He said the voting machines would be installed at 1368 polling booths out of which 250 were in the urban areas. One unit of the electronic voting machine could have names of 16 candidates displayed on it and if the constituency had more than 16 names, one more unit would have to be installed, he said. The machines had been manufactured and provided by the Bharat Electronic Corporation, Bangalore. Mr Kumar said the
machine would be handled by the presiding officer of the
central control unit. The election staff, he told, was
being imparted extensive training in the handling of
these machines. Engineers of Harton would provide
technical training. |
BJP blames Cong for Kashmir
problem FATEHABAD, July 19 — The BJP blamed the wrong policies of Nehru family for recurring problems in the Kashmir. Addressing party workers here today, Mr Om Parkash Dhankhar, general secretary of the state unit of the BJP, said had Nehru shown a bit of farsightedness-India would not have lost areas like Aksai Chin. He said it was due to the grit shown by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee that the government had been able to get every inch of land vacated by Pakistani intruders. It was a matter of regret that at a time when the nation was behind the armed forces, the Congress and Left parties were criticising the government, he said. Speaking on the
occasion, Mr Sriniwas Goyal, vice-president of the state
unit of the BJP, charged the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr
Bansi Lal with political dishonesty and said he had
failed to honour a single pre-poll promises. |
Roadways union condemns govt FATEHABAD, July 19 — Roadways employees condemned the ‘wrong policies’ of the department and the stubborn attitude of the government towards employees demands. In a joint press release issue here today Mr Joginder Singh, president and Mr Sarbat Singh Poonia vice-president of the state Unit of Haryana Roadways Workers Union said that the union, under its mass contact programme,"Kab tak khamosh rahe Roadways Karamchari" had completed gate meetings in all 20 depots and 18 sub-depots of Haryana. They said employees were not being paid their due bonus for the past three years and the government was not implementing even those demands acceded by it. The government, the
leaders said, had failed to pay night allowance for night
duties and employees recruited on contract basis were
made to work for 12-16 hours a day for a paltry sum of Rs
1800 to 2000 per month. |
Resentment over frequent power cuts FARIDABAD, July 19 — The residents of the town and adjoining villages are resentful at frequent electricity failures and do not whom to turn to for the redressal of their grievances. Power supply is on the blink at least 20 times. After every 45 minutes in a day for the past two weeks and it worsens at night when after ever 30 minutes power supply plays truant. In-charges of power substations of various sectors receivers of telephones on the table and avoid hearing complaints of affected residents allege harassed residents, who go to power complaint offices, raise anti-Bansi Lal slogans and return frustrated cursing employees of powerhouse sub-stations. Stock reply of powerhouse sub-stations staff is that due to old wiring and overloading of transformers, power supply is disrupted and we are helpless. The residents alleged that power house officials supply regular power to influential owners of various work-shops, running unauthorisedly in various colonies after taking regular monthly payment from them. This was the main reason for frequent interruption in supply of power to residents of various colonies, they added. This had led to increase in load and frequent power failure. Power supply position to
various adjoining villages is also worse as the
electricity authorities have not been able to effective
by the guidelines relating to the supply of power to
villages. |
Flood-control work inspected PANIPAT, July 19 — The district administration is fully equipped to meet the flood menace in Panipat district during the current monsoon. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anurag Rastogi and a team of senior officers of the Irrigation Department and revenue officers conducted joint inspections of flood protection works. Giving details Mr
Rastogi said that three studs had been built at a cost of
Rs 8.74 lakh at Rana Majra complex, eight studs at Pathar
Garh complex, four studs at Taamshabad, two studs at
Nanhera, three studs at Bilaspur and three at Khojkipur
complex. He said desilting of canal and drains had been
done to improve drainage and link drain constructed from
Gohana to Shamli at a cost of Rs 18.91 lakh. Besides
this, the Matlouda drain was completed and Mirjapur
complex fortified. A district-level flood control room
had been set up in the office of the Deputy Commissioner
under the supervision of the district revenue officer and
at the tehsil head quarters. |
Commissioner reviews anti-flood steps SONEPAT, July 19 — Mr Chander Singh, Commissioner-cum-Secretary Irrigation and Power, Haryana, reviewed flood protection steps at a meeting of district officials here yesterday. Mr Anil Kumar, Deputy Commissioner and senior officers of the irrigation department were present in the meeting. The Commissioner is reported to have taken a serious note of non-completion of the ongoing flood protection works like the construction and repair of stone studs at Memarpur, Bega and other complexes along the Yamuna embankments. The Commissioner
directed the concerned to speed up pace of work and
complete these before the monsoon, to avoid recurrence of
floods and erosion of farm land on the Haryana side. He
also asked them to desilt and deweed all drains passing
through the district. |
Haryana Vidhan Sabha session CHANDIGARH, July 19 — The Haryana Governor, Mr Mahabir Prasad, has summoned the Haryana Vidhan Sabha on July 21 at 2 p.m. An official spokesman
today said since the session had been called at a short
notice, the members had been informed telegraphically. |
Servant found murdered AMBALA, July 19 — The servant of a dairy owner was found murdered at his dairy in Ambala this morning. The victim was identified as Badri Parshad a resident of Gonda in UP. Police sources said that
Badri had put up some resistance and there was more than
one person involved in the murder. |
Electoral rolls to be published CHANDIGARH, July 19
— Electoral rolls of all 90 Assembly constituencies
in Haryana which have been prepared by special summary
revision with January 1 as the qualifying date will be
finally published by the Electoral Registration Officer
of the constituency concerned on July 21 and will come
into force immediately on their publications, according
to a spokesman of the Haryana Election Department. |
Career guidance week from July
26 CHANDIGARH, July 19 — All vocational guidance units in the employment exchanges, university employment information and guidance bureaux in Haryana will organise a career guidance week from July 26 to 30. An official spokesman
said during the week school, college and university
students would be acquainted with the guidance facilities
available in the employment exchanges. They would also be
given occupational information so that they can plan
their future career judiciously according to their
abilities, interest and aptitude. |
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