Friday, September 3, 1999
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2 men, contrasting styles CHANDIGARH, Sept 2 — The two main candidates for the lone Lok Sabha seat from Chandigarh, Mr Pawan Bansal and Mr K.L. Sharma, not only belong to political parties that are sworn rivals, but also the two are very different from each other in almost all aspects of personal as well as projected political life. The family backgrounds of the two, their ages, their martial status, the kind of friends, or the companions, they have, the spokesmen they use, the words they use in their speeches are different and styles of campaigning have naturally to be varied. Till the last election, the main rival of Mr Bansal used to be Mr Satya Pal Jain of the BJP. Both are lawyers and had many similarities. Both belong to the bania community. Both are young and know a large population of the city by their first names and bowed to seek the blessings of the elderly. This time it is different. Mr Bansal is pitted against a man from the Brahmin community, who is around 25 years older than him. Mr Bansal, a man who can be verbose on any subject, be it local or international, faces Mr Sharma who talks about the BJP wave and claims how he (Sharma) will work for Chandigarh better than his rival while avoiding the issue of his being an ''outsider'' . The Congress is using the non-resident status of Mr Sharma to the hilt and it is a major election plank for the party. So will the ''outsider'' tag attached to Mr Sharma by the Congress work against him ?. In his meetings with the public or the press, Mr Sharma has claimed that he is not an ''outsider'', saying that he was managing the campaign of Mr Shri Chand Goyal, who won from Chandigarh in 1967. He also claims to hold a telephone in his name in Chandigarh. On the other hand, Mr Bansal says he has been living in Chandigarh for close to three decades while Mr Sharma has been living out of Chandigarh all these years. He talks passionately about the local problems, his ideas, the projects he has in mind and how he used to get more budgetary allocation from the Centre during his tenure as an MP while the allocation had dropped in the last three budgets. And at each meeting, he leaves behind a question for his electorate: ''Where will you meet or talk to Sharmaji in case he wins ?''. Mr Sharma says he will keep local issues in mind and will work for the uplift of Chandigarh. Since the BJP will come to power in the Centre, it is better that he be voted to power as he will get more development work done. He questions why Mr Bansal was voted out of power in the last two elections and claims that the joining of Mr Harmohan Dhawan in the Congress will not help them. While Mr Bansal, who is in his fifties, starts his day with padyatras going from door to door, where he talks to people on their first name terms and even enquires about the welfare of their families. ''This is one thing Sharmaji cannot do as he does not know so many residents so closely in the city,'' observed an old Congress hand. Mr Sharma, who is about 25 years older than Mr Bansal, is meeting people in corner meetings during the day. Holds meetings in sector markets, with various social and welfare organisations besides the all-important traders' association. The unmarried status of the BJP candidate is also used as an election tool. Regarding this, Mr Sharma has been saying to the electorate that he has no strings attached and will serve the city even more efficiently. In this election, the local BJP has also shown its new face: of wining and dining, for long known as a typical Congress trait. In the past few days, the BJP has hosted parties with liquor and non-vegetarian food that it never did in the past. The number of flags and posters of the BJP are much more and visible. The Congress says it is using fewer cars and its work in the city will show in the pools. Slides during cinema
shows are being used by the Congress to project Mr Bansal
as the candidate while the BJP is using the Vajpayee tag
to project Mr Sharma. |
Bansal for raise in IT limit CHANDIGARH, Sept 2 — A former Chief Minister of Punjab, Ms Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, has said if voted to power, the Congress will ensure that employees are not forced to resort to agitation to get their genuine demands accepted. She was addressing a rally of employees organised by the Trade Union Council in Sector 17 here to raise major demands of the salaried class ahead of Lok Sabha elections. Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, the Congress candidate for the Chandigarh seat, promised that if elected, he would work for raising the income tax limit to Rs 1 lakh. Mr Sohan Lal Bansal, a CPI leader, also spoke. Mr Raghbir Singh and Mr Rakesh Chopra, president and general secretary of the council, respectively, said though tax relaxations had been given to big industrial houses in the past, a 10 per cent surcharge had been imposed on the salaried class to erode its income. Other speakers demanded that the income tax exemption limit be raised to a minimum of Rs 1.5 lakh and DA be exempted from income tax. The council also released a "sandesh patra" for political parties. It contained the demands of the working class on income tax, bonus, housing and wage revision. Mr Bansal today visited Khuda Ali Sher, Kajheri and Kaimbwala villages, where a number of public meetings were held. The Congress candidate also visited Shahpur and Rajiv Colony, where stress was on door-to-door campaigning. A rally was addressed by the candidate in Sector 39. Mr Bansal stressed on the "non-performance of the Municipal Corporation and accused the corporation of inefficiency, corruption and misutilisation of funds." The corporation was bent on imposing huge taxes on the local people, he said. He said he would never allow imposition of house tax, sewerage tax or any other tax on the local people. He addressed rallies of road workers in Sector 17 and employees of Panjab University. Meetings were also held in sectors 34, 35, 36 and 29, besides other venues. Members of the Chandigarh Territorial Mahila Congress held various meetings under the local unit chief, Ms Lalit Joshi. Mr Amarjit Sethi, official spokesperson of the party, claimed that Ms Madhu Bansal had evoked positive response for the party during her visits to rural areas and colonies. The main stress was on women-related issues. In a separate press note, Mr Vijay Pal Singh (Dimpy), CTCC General Secretary, pointed out that the BJP candidate did not have his name on the voters' list and Mr Gian Chand Gupta, a former Mayor, was listed on the voters' list of Panchkula. He said if Mr Gupta was listed on the voters' list of Panchkula, he should not carry on as a member of the Municipal Corporation. The All India
Ex-servicemen Welfare Association in a press note
announced its support for the Congress candidate. |
Truckload of liquor seized Chandigarh, Sept 2 — In a major haul, the police seized a truckload of illicit liquor from the Industrial Area Phase II which was reportedly being taken for distribution among colony voters here this afternoon. Acting on a tip off, a police party went to a plot near Factory Number 3116 and searched the truck (HR-46-4601). As many as 2184 bottles (182 cases: 94 cases of Bagpiper and 88 of Aristocrat) were seized from the truck. The driver and cleaner of the truck, however, managed to escape. Efforts were on to trace the owner of the vehicle. A case under Section 61-1-14 of the Excise Act has been registered at the Sector 31 police station. As soon as the news of the seizure spread, a large number of workers and leaders from various political parties reached the spot and levelled charges against each other for allegedly bribing voters. The BJP workers alleged that the seizure of the liquor-laden truck had been "stage managed" by the Congress, since the plot belonged to a Congressman, a charge denied by workers of the party present at the spot. They also pointed out that the truck was seized next to the factory of a senior BJP leader and entrepreneur. The police had to intervene as the situation became tense, following an exchange of blows by workers of both parties. The Congress workers
also alleged that the whisky was being loaded in a car
(DL-IC-F-5601) standing nearby which was presently
attached to one of the presidents of a colony of the
city. |
Rs 1.85 cr for AIDS control CHANDIGARH, Sept 2 — The Union Territory has been allocated a sum of Rs 1.85 crore as an ad-hoc release till March, 2000, for spreading information about HIV\AIDS and checking the discrimination against those living with the HIV virus. This is a part of the mega-package of Rs 1,425 crore granted to the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) for implementing the second phase of the AIDS Control Project for the next five years. The money will be allocated each year. The AIDS Control Project, which was approved by the Union Cabinet last week, will get assistance from the World Bank, the US AID and the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom. Sources reveal that in the second phase, the Union Territory will have a voluntary blood testing centre at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, which would become functional by November this year. This will be the second such centre after the PGI. The equipment for testing will be provided by NACO. Blood transfusion expert, Prof J.G. Jolly, formerly of the PGI, said that similar centres are being planned for the satellite towns of Panchkula and S.A.S Nagar. With a reported figure of less than 1 per cent of prevalence of HIV positive cases in this part of the country, the city will target the migrant population and rickshaw pullers in their family planning programmes. Truckers and other such associated groups would also be targeted for counselling services, which would be set up at the PGI, Government Hospital, Sector 16, Poly Clinic, Sector 22 and GMCH, Sector 32. Barring the Poly Clinic, free medicines will be provided for people suffering from sexually transmitted diseases (STD). Ambitious plans like holding of monthly camps for the awareness on STDs in various slums of the city are also on the cards. This project would also target school children, industrial houses, health workers and jail inmates. Camps on condom promotion would also be held. As a part of the information, education and communication (IEC) a baseline study will be conducted among the population of the city. Another plan, which would form a part of the project, will be to hold a study on the behavioural patterns of the high risk groups. The HIV positive patients will be given free medicines for opportunistic infections like fungal infections or other infections they may acquire. The first phase of the
AIDS Control Project was completed in the month of June
this year and the second phase was to commence on July 1
but because the government was busy in the matters of
Kargil and elections the matter awaited a final approval,
sources said. In fact, NACO and the AIDS control
societies of the states concerned in the region and the
Union Territory of Chandigarh, met in New Delhi on July
22 to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) but this
was deferred. Kids get concepts on AIDS
cleared CHANDIGARH, Sept 2 — "In view of the fact that the concepts of even basic sex education seem to be missing at the school level, the menace of AIDS/HIV virus is certainly an alarming issue", said Dr Rajan Gupta, Senior Staff Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA, who was in the city to deliver a lecture on 'The Cost of Health Pandemics in Light of HIV/AIDS on Industry and the Nation', at the PGI, this morning. Organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the session was an interaction between Dr Gupta and over a thousand children of Classes XI and XII, from 20 schools. The hesitation of the 17- and 18-year olds while reacting to the issue of HIV/AIDS, which also involved a range of topics on sexuality, was apparent in the form of giggles. But gradually, many students came up with relevant questions on the spread and the prevention of the disease. A slide show focussed on the fact that India needs to declare a national emergency to combat the HIV/AIDS menace. Dr Gupta revealed that over 20 million Indians were suspected to be HIV positive. The children asked questions not only related to the disease but also to clear their concepts about 'safe sex', 'risky sex' and 'dirty injections'. Interestingly, while wanting to know about the origin of the virus and the the ways to combat it, some children also queried as to why those infected with the virus were not being killed in the first place! A student, in fact, suggested that the government should start issuing licenses on physical fitness, so that people could find whether an individual was HIV positive or not, and thus also help those ready to take the marital vows. On the prospects of a cure or a vaccine for HIV/AIDS, Dr Gupta talked about anti-retroviral drugs which are being used to keep the disease under control, but said that because of the cost factor these drugs were not easily available. He added that even if the drugs were cheaply available here, the conditions for careful monitoring of effectiveness of the drug and a strict schedule of ingestion would not be made possible here. Barraged with questions on the high risk groups, he said that anal sex had the highest risk of transmission of HIV, in both homosexual and heterosexual groups. The students were also given information on other sexually related diseases like herpes. Some of the students could be seen surrounding Dr Rajan Gupta, even after the session, with most of the questions related to their sexual activities. The session was chaired
by Mr Jagjit Singh, Chairman, CII Committee on Small and
Medium Enterprises in the northern region. |
Ban on vehicles a 'black
law': residents PANCHKULA, Sept 2 — The restriction on the movement of vehicles on September 5 during polling hours imposed by the District Magistrate has come in for criticism from residents who feel the order has come as a wet blanket over the already lack-lustre election campaign. The District Magistrate, in an order issued under Section 144, had prohibited the plying of all mechanically propelled vehicles — two, three and four wheelers — on the poll day between 7 am and 5 pm, with the provision that the order shall not apply to persons having a valid permit issued by him or the Returning Officer of the Ambala Parliamentary Constituency. Certain other essential services shall also be allowed to ply in the district and the national and state highways would be exempted from the order. He said that the order had been issued to maintain peace and order in the area during polling. "The order of restricting movement of vehicles has been issued so that the police parties on duty have some back-up to confiscate vehicles in case an emergency arises. If this is not imposed, we will have no control over the traffic and miscreants will be at an advantage,'' he argues. Two or more polling booths have been established in most sectors of the district to ensure the residents are not inconvenienced by the order. The DM added that anybody with a genuine problem or some unavoidable problem which necessitates the use of vehicles may apply in writing in advance on the prescribed performa to him. The permits to ply vehicles in those cases which are found genuine will be issued from the office of the city magistrate on September 4 between 2 pm and 4 pm. Mobile police parties and the nakas will be issued instructions to use their discretion if something comes up in spite of the arrangements that have been made. The residents are not only unwilling to buy this story but are seeing it as a direct attack on their right to vote and are terming it as a "black law'' which goes against the essence of democracy. A resident of Sector 6, Mr R.K. Verma, says, "If I cannot take out my car to reach the booth, then I would rather not go to vote. Is this an effort on the part of the administration to ensure that the turnout is low? The order is in violation of anything that stands for democracy.'' From the Mansa Devi complex, Avnish Batta, says, "I am a resident of Mansa Devi and have to go to vote in Sector 6. The ban is a clear indication that the administration wants to restrict people from voting. How do they expect me and my family to walk down to Sector 6 all the way from my residence ?'' The President of the Citizens Welfare Association, Mr S.K. Nayar, sees it as an illogical order. "How can everybody rush to the district secretariat to get a pass issued from them. The restriction is uncalled for and has not been given due consideration. It is a 'black law' which must be opposed,'' he opines. Another resident of Sector 12, Mr Shekhar Kaushal, says, "It is such an inconvenience to walk down to the polling booth to cast my vote. I'd rather not go at all but the wisdom behind the implementation of such an order is indeed a serious matter.'' Mrs Radhika Sharma,
staying in Sector 16, says, "My daughters are
studying in Class XII and they cannot go for the tuitions
under this order. Since the order does not apply to
Chandigarh, the teacher will take the class and they will
suffer for no fault of theirs.'' |
'Who's Cong's PM candidate?' CHANDIGARH, Sept 2 — Senior Vice-President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and candidate for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat, Mr Krishan Lal Sharma, today alleged that the Congress was ''shying'' away from clearly projecting a specific leader as its prime ministerial candidate. The BJP and its allies were openly conveying to the masses across the country that Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee was the only ''capable'' person for the office of the Prime Minister, while the Congress was reluctant in projecting any leader for the office, Mr Sharma said during a press conference here this afternoon. He claimed that either the Congress did not have a consensus on the name of the candidate or it did not have confidence in one person. ''The Congress should tell the people which parties it considers likeminded,'' the BJP contestant said. Similarly, the left parties must also explain which party would they support. Going by the statements of Mr Bansal, it seemed that he was an independent candidate. Even in his previous tenures as Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha MP, Mr Bansal failed to deliver the goods, Mr Sharma alleged. Later, Mr Satya Pal
Jain, a former MP, said there was a wave in favour of Mr
Vajpayee. He claimed that the BJP would win with a
convincing margin. Locally, the party had the support of
people from varied socio-economic backgrounds. |
Martyr cremated with state
honours KHARAR, Sept 2 — Lance Naik Ranjodh Singh of 7, Dogra Regiment, who sacrificed his life while fighting militants near Jammu, was cremated with state honours in his native village Tewar in Kharar tehsil today. Thousands attended the cremation and seven-year-old son of the martyr lit the pyre. The 31-year-old martyr is survived by his widow Anita Rani and two sons. Mr Kulbir Singh Sidhu, Deputy Commissioner, Ropar, Mr Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, SP, Ropar, Mr Amarjit Singh Dhindsa, SDM, Kharar, Mr Ashwani Kapur, DSP, Kharar, Mr Pishora Singh, Deputy Director, Sainik Welfare, and Mr Rajinder Singh Sohal, SHO, were among those present, besides Mr Ravi Inder Singh, MLA, Morinda. Wreaths were placed on behalf of the Punjab Government and the Chief of Army Staff. Mr Tarsem Lal and Ms
Raksha Devi, parents of the martyr, were in deep grief
but were proud of the sacrifice of their son. Mr Mohinder
Singh Hundel, Sarpanch of Tewar village said about 250
persons from the village had served in the army and about
100 persons were in the army. He demanded that the
dispensary in the village be upgraded and named after the
martyr. |
Poll campaign picks up in
Kharar KHARAR, Sept 2 — Electioneering has picked up in the Kharar segment of the Ropar Lok Sabha constituency and the Congress and the BJP-SAD organised padyatras in support of their respective candidates here yesterday. Led by Mr Om Parkash Aggarwal, Municipal Commissioner and senior BJP leader, workers of the SAD and the BJP marched in procession and sought support for Mrs Satwinder Kaur Dhaliwal (SAD). Mr Prem Singh, President, SAD, Kharar, Mr Shiam Ved Puri, President, BJP, Kharar, and Mrs Baljinder Kaur, Municipal Commissioner, were among those who took part in the rally. Similarly, Mrs Harbans Kaur, wife of Mr Shamsher Singh Dullo (Congress) undertook a padayatra along with party supporters. She was accompanied, among others, by Mr Om Parkash Sharma and Mr Charanjit Singh (both former Presidents of MC, Kharar), and Mrs Balbir Kaur (wife of Mr Jagat Singh, former MLA, Kharar). She appealed to the voters to vote for the Congress. The Christian Front, Kharar, decided to support the SAD-BJP candidate, according to a press note issued here by Mr Prem Singh. Meanwhile, Mr Natrajan
Kaushal, Secretary, Block Congress Committee, Kharar, in
a letter sent to the Chief Election Officer, Punjab,
alleged that the ruling party was misusing the official
machinery in Kharar to win votes for its candidate. |
'Need to develop HIV vaccine' CHANDIGARH, Sept 2 — Different lectures were held here today to discuss the HIV/AIDS problem in the country. Prof V. Ramalingaswami, Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences, USA, spoke on the ''Outlook for an anti-HIV vaccine'' at the Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Sector 39, on the occasion of the third Prof B.K. Bachhawat memorial lecture. Professor Ramalingaswami said that though promotion of safe sex was the simplest way of checking this virus, yet this simple thing had failed to make any dent in our country. He commented on the tardiness of the use of condoms by Indian men and lack of education and awareness at the school level. Professor Ramalingaswami stressed on the need of using "hard-edged awareness programmes" for community leaders and the public at large to counter the HIV\AIDS threat. Professor Ramalingaswami talked on the effective HIV vaccine and later proposed various vaccine strategies against AIDS, including establishing linkage between scientists of developing and industrialised countries. The lecture was presided over by Dr Sandip K. Basu, Director, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi. In the evening, at the Panjab University special lecture series, Dr Rajan Gupta, currently on the faculty of the Los Almos National Laboratory, USA, spoke on the ''HIV/AIDS pandemic: vaccine development'' at Gandhi Bhavan, Panjab University. Dr Gupta, who is touring the country giving lectures on AIDS and physics, spoke on the strategies to stop the spread of the disease. But unfortunately the lecture drew a very thin audience. Earlier, Dr Gupta had a
highly interesting interactive session with over 1,000
school children at Bhargava Auditorium, PGI. |
Chander Mukhi suspended CHANDIGARH, Sept 2 — In a significant move, Mr Brahm Mohindra, Congress observer for the city, today suspended Mr Chander Mukhi Sharma from the primary membership of the party. The suspension assumes significance as Mr Sharma was the president of the Chandigarh Territorial Youth Congress and the move has enhanced differences among party members. Mr Mohindra said Mr Sharma was being suspended "in view of the gross anti-party activities during the campaign of the party candidate, Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal". A show cause notice would be served on him. Mr Chander Mukhi Sharma, in a separate press note, informed that a complaint had been filed against Mr Manjeet Sahdev, "who was showing his position as the official spokesperson of the CYTCC". Mr Gurbachan Singh, who
had been suspended from the party yesterday, said he had
resigned before filling up nomination papers from the
city. "The decision to leave the party and stand as
an independent candidate was my own and Mr Venod Sharma,
a former Union Minister, had no role in it," he
said. |
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Resentment among
women employees The employees said all government offices here were closed but they had to work. Women employees said some of them were on fast in connection with Janmashtami and were compelled to attend office under orders. The Executive Officer, Mr Yash Goel, said the council office was kept open on the directions of the SDM in view of the general election work. However, he said he had asked 50 per cent of the women staff to take holiday today and the rest tomorrow. Women employees also complained that they were earlier put on duty at the Government Printing Press here to count ballot papers despite instructions from the authorities that women should not be put on poll duty. Devout
take out shobha yatras The Hindu Parv Mahasabha organised a colourful shobha yatra which started from Prachin Shiv Mandir, Sector 39, and culminated at Sri Ram Mandir, Sector 47. Various religious bodies and market welfare associations welcomed the yatra en route. Bhajans and kirtans were held at the temples which were tastefully decorated. Ex-Services
League to back Sharma In a press note, the President of the league, Brig Sant Singh (retd), said the decision was taken at a meeting of the executive committee of the league today to review the election trends. The poll manifestos of the two major parties, the Congress and the BJP, vis-a-vis national security, national interest and welfare of the ex-servicemen, which included their demands of one rank, one pension, treating war widows and disabled of the earlier wars and insurgencies at par with the widows and disabled of the Kargil conflict were discussed at the meeting. K.L.
Sharma participates in 'prabhat pheri' Yesterday, he campaigned in several villages, including Kajheri, Attawa, Buterla, Badheri and Maloya. Addressing villagers, Mr Sharma promised them that he would do his best to provide them with basic amenities if he was elected. A scooter rally in support of Mr Sharma was also organised. The rally, which started from Sector 45, passed through various sectors, before culminating at the party office in Sector 33. Meanwhile, a social worker, Mr Narinder Singh, criticised the BJP for ignoring Punjabi in the publicity material for the election campaign. In a statement, he said though over 80 per cent of the population of the city spoke Punjabi, the BJP had published the publicity material in only Hindi and English. Neither the Shiromani Akali Dal nor any Punjabi organisation had flayed this, he alleged. Punjab
decision criticised The members of the association have questioned the wisdom behind bringing these people on a par with qualified doctors who have put in five to 15 years of study. They add that on the one hand the government, through the Medical Council of India, was recommending compulsory refresher courses for all MBBS and specialist doctors every three to five years for continuation of registration while on the other hand the Punjab Government was legitimising ``quacks''. The members planned to take up the matter at the national level through the headquarters of the association in Delhi and seek a ban on quackery completely. They are of the opinion that the CMO (civil surgeon) should be given statutory powers to act against ``quacks''. RRD
candidate claims support Meanwhile, Col Harsharan Singh (retd) visited Khudda lahora, Maloya and Palsora villages. He assured full support to the solution of villagers' problems. Later in the evening, he visited Hallo majra, where the All-India UP Bihar Welfare Association passed a resolution to extend support to him. Various home guard associations also decided to support him. ‘BJP
implemented pay report’ Giving this information to The Tribune, Air Marshal Randhir Singh, Chairman North Zone Ex-Defence Personnel Regional Sangathan, said it was the Janata government that rejected even the stepping up of consolidated pension as on January 1, 1996 to the minimum of post 1996 pay scales, which was recommended by the 5th Pay Commission. Likewise, the Janata Dal government also did not agree to stepping up of family pensions to 30 per cent of the minimum of the post-96 pay scales. The BJP government vide its letters issued on May 27, 1998 and on June 7, 1999, has implemented in toto the recommendations of the Fifth Central Pay Commission. The government was in the process of further improving the pensionary benefits, including the family pension of widows, when the Code of Conduct by the Election Commission came into being, hence the delay. The BJP government has clearly given the undertaking that they would look after the welfare of ex-defence personnel and their families, including those who have remained neglected during the regime of previous governments since 1947. 40,000
saplings to be planted Stating this after inaugurating a tree plantation drive launched by the UT Forest Department in the Industrial Area here yesterday, Mr H. S. Sohal, Chief Conservator of Forests, said about 5000 trees had already been planted by the department around Patiali Ki Rao choe during the past one month. He further said that as
per the directions of the Union Ministry of Environment
and Forests, the department had changed its plantation
programme and had started planting tall trees like khair,
arjuna, neem, bahera and other indigenous species, the
survival rate of which was much higher than commonly
planted trees like eucalyptus. |
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