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NOVEMBER 27 ,
2004
Jain takes on Bansal over his statement
Says bureaucrats are not supposed to follow the Cong
ideology
Chandigarh Newsline
Chandigarh, November 26:
FORMER MP Satya Pal Jain today defended Chandigarh Administration
bureaucrats, saying they are not supposed to follow the ideology of the
Congress. He was reacting to MP Pawan Kumar Bansal’s statement that, he
claimed, threatened Chandigarh Administration officers over their
‘‘independent functioning’’.
Addressing local media, Jain said executives and bureaucrats are
there to protect the rights of the citizens and not to pursue Congress
policy. ‘‘By threatening the bureaucrats, Bansal has violated the
directions of PM Manmohan Singh,’’ he said, demanding a clarification
from All India Congress Committee president Sonia Gandhi. Jain also
alleged that Congress leaders were misleading people by issuing
different statements on the property tax. MP Bansal cannot run away from
his responsibility over the imposition of the tax, Jain added....
SEPTEMBER 21 ,
2004
PU Poll: 3 injured
Satya Pal Jain, Ex-MP meeting the injured (Image Courtesy: The
Indian Express)
Chandigarh Newsline
Chandigarh, September 20: Election violence is back. Three persons
including presidential candidate of ABVP and PUSU (Shaila), Gurparvez
Singh Sandhu, were injured in attacks during the last 24 hours.
Sandhu was attacked with a sharp-edged weapon in front of
Government College for Girls, Sector 11, around 8 pm, today. He has been
injured in the right arm and head. He was going in a car (DL 3 CN 3912)
with his friend when the incident occurred. The car’s windscreen was
also broken. Sandhu has been admitted to Government Hospital, Sector 16.
Doctors said his condition was stable.
... Former MP Satpal Jain reached the hospital and said the
incident was very unfortunate. Jain criticised the police for ‘‘not
being able to maintain law and order despite repeated warnings of
elections violence’’ and demanded that the accused be arrested
immediately.
SEPTEMBER 11 ,
2004
BJP blames Congress for lack of power
Chandigarh Newsline
Chandigarh, Sept 10: Apart from the power cuts imposed by the
Congress-led Chandigarh Administration, unscheduled power cuts have also
been imposed on the people of Chandigarh, because of which they are
feeling harassed. In a statement, local BJP chief Yash Pal Mahajan has
severely criticised the Congress-led administration and said that local
MP Pawan Bansal has failed miserably at protecting the interests of city
residents. Chandigarh has a quota of 218 MW of electricity whereas the
city is being provided only 120 MW, Mahajan claimed. He claimed that
when Satya Pal Jain was MP and the BJP-led government was at the
Centre, he got the proposal of setting up a 200 MW Power Station at
Manimajra, but Bansal did not even try to get this power station
functional since he was elected MP. Mahajan has demanded that the
Congress government at the Centre provide electricity to residential and
commercial consumers according to their actual need at reasonable rates.
SEPTEMBER 9 ,
2004
Lawyers lash out at Lucknow lathicharge
Indian Express
Chandigarh, September 8: To protest against the police lathicharge on
lawyers in Lucknow, advocates of district courts today sat on a dharna
from 10 am to 12 pm. However, work at court was not affected. As a show
of protest, the advocates also wore red badges throughout the day.
A two-hour protest was also observed by the members of the Punjab
and Haryana High Court Bar association at the High Court today.
Secretary of the BJP legal cell Deepak Balyan said it was absolutely
uncalled for on the part of the police to resort to such an action
against the lawyers. ‘‘This is no way to operate. There are other ways
to resolve a problem or a situation. If one pillar of democracy goes
against another, the result would be chaos. This should not happen
again,’’ he said condemning the incident.
The lawyers at the High Court wore red badges to protest against
the police action. They gathered at a tent put up in the court premises
and sat there for about two hours. Satya Pal Jain, former MP from
Chandigarh also visited the tent to express solidarity with the lawyers.
...
AUGUST 26 ,
2004
BJP promises to untie 'lal dora'
Chandigarh Tribune
Chandigarh, April 25: Much to
the delight of a rural audience at Behlana village here, Mr Rajnath
Singh, Union Agriculture Minister, today said the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP), if voted to power, would end ‘lal dora’ in the city. He was
addressing a gathering of villagers particularly with reference to rural
problems. ...
... Mr Satya Pal Jain, BJP candidate, in his inaugural
speech said, “ I got the rate of compensation increased for local
farmers from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 10 lakh per acre. I will get it increased
to Rs 30 lakh. I promise that each village will get a community centre
out of my MPLAD fund if elected. I will get two villages transformed
into model villages each year during my tenure”.
Mr Om Prakash, sarpanch of Mauli Jagran village, Ms Mahinder Kaur,
sarpanch of Behlana, Mr Mam Chand Rana head of Maloya, Mr Tarsem Lal
sarpanch of Dadu Majra, Mr Harmesh Kumar sarpanch of Kaimbwala and Mr
Sukhdeep head of Hallo Majra village, were present. ...
AUGUST 9 ,
2004
BJP reconstitutes party cells
The Hindu
NEW DELHI, AUG. 8. The
Bharatiya Janata Party today reconstituted various cells of the party,
appointing new conveners and joint conveners. As many as 22 cells,
including election, media and external affairs cells, were
reconstituted, the party vice-president and spokesman, Mukhtar Abbas
Naqvi, said here.
While Balbir Punj, Rajya Sabha member, will be the convener of the
intellectual cell, R. Rama Krishna, former IAS officer, is in charge of
the election cell.
Sudheendra Kulkarni, former aide of the then Prime Minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee, will be the convener of the literature and publication
cell while the cultural cell will be managed by D.P. Sinha, a former IAS
officer, as convener, and film actor Suresh Oberoi as joint convener.
The media cell will have two conveners — Sidharth Nath Singh and Nalin
S. Kohli and the legal cell will be headed by Satpal Jain, former
MP from Chandigarh, as convener and Amitab Sinha as joint convener.
The External Affairs cell will have S.K. Arora, a former Indian
Foreign Service officer, as its convener and the economic cell will be
headed by P.N. Vijay. The former Union Minister of State, Vijay Goel,
has been named as convener of the sports cell with ace shooter Jaspal
Rana as its joint convener.
JUNE 28 ,
2004
Centre changes counsel for Babri probe panel
IndiaTravelTimes.com News
New Delhi: The Central
government today changed its counsel representing it before Liberhan
Commission probing the events leading to the December 6, 1992 demolition
of the Babri mosque at Ayodhya. The change of counsel comes at the fag
end of the Commission's probe and also after the Centre had closed its
arguments. The Commission is currently hearing the final arguments of
the parties. Newly-appointed counsel P P Malhotra today made his first
appearance before the Commission after 1997 and told Justice M S
Liberhan that he wanted to make additional arguments. Immediately, BJP
counsel Satya Pal Jain opposed it saying it amounts to reopening
and changing the colour of the case as the Centre had already closed its
arguments.
...
Centre Changes Counsel At Masjid Demolition Probe
Panel
Indolink.com
New Delhi, June 28 (NNN): The
Union government on Monday changed the counsel representing it before
the Liberhan Commission, investigating the demolition of Babri Masjid in
Ayodhya, Utter Pradesh, on December 6, 1992 by a frenzied mob.
The change of counsel comes at the fag end of the commission's
probe and also after the Centre had closed its arguments. The commission
is currently hearing the final arguments of the parties. ...
... Immediately, BJP counsel Satya Pal Jain opposed it saying it
amounts to reopening and changing the colour of the case as the Centre
had already closed its arguments. ...
JUNE 23 ,
2004
RSS says it is for 'amicable' Ayodhya solution
Rediff.com
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh today told the Liberhan Commission, inquiring into the demolition
of the Babri masjid on December 6, 1992, that it always favoured an
amicable settlement to the Ram Janambhoomi dispute as it would infuse
'new blood' to help India emerge a strong nation. ...
...Meanwhile, the commission today adjourned the hearing for June
18 since advocates appearing for different individuals and organisations
sought more time to file their written submissions.
Advocate Sat Pal Jain, appearing for senior BJP leaders L K
Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti, said the draft submission was ready
but he needed more time to prepare the final written submission. ...
JUNE 19 ,
2004
We were against babri demolition: BJP
Indian Express
New Delhi, June 18: The BJP
on Friday told the Liberhan Commission that it was against demolition of
the disputed structure at Ayodhya and asserted that neither the party
nor its leaders had any role in any conspiracy to destroy it.
"No conclusions can be made out that the BJP and its leaders were
involved in the alleged conspiracy of destruction of the disputed
structure," the BJP counsel Satya Pal Jain said in a written
submission before Justice M S Liberhan, probing the event leading to the
demolition on December 6, 1992.
He said the demolition was unfortunate and was uncontrolled and
added that the party did not want any harm to be caused to the
structure.
'BJP was against demolition of Masjid in Ayodhya'
Indiainfo.com News
New Delhi: BJP (Bharatiya
Janata Party) today (Jun 18, 2004) told the Liberhan Commission that it
was against demolition of the disputed structure at Ayodhya and asserted
that neither the party nor its leaders had any role in any conspiracy to
destroy it.
"No conclusions can be made out that BJP and its leaders were
involved in the alleged conspiracy of destruction of the disputed
structure," BJP counsel Satya Pal Jain said in a written
submission before Justice M S Liberhan, probing the event leading to the
demolition on December 6, 1992.
He said the demolition was unfortunate and was uncontrolled and
added that the party did not want any harm to be caused to the
structure.
APRIL 28,
2004
Jain promises dental college for city
Chandigarh Tribune
BJP candidate Satya Pal Jain
campaigns in Sector 21, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. (Image Courtesy — The
Tribune)
Chandigarh, April 27: Mr Satya
Pal Jain, BJP candidate for the parliamentary elections, addressing
a rally here today, said the city would have a dental college if he was
voted to power. He said he had completed the preliminary discussions
with Mrs Sushma Swaraj, Union Minister for Health, in this regard and
received a positive response.
He said the quota of seats would be
doubled in Government Medical College and Hospital. He alleged that
although the Central Government had laid the foundation stone of the
Medical College in 1991, but Mr Pawan Bansal of the Congress did not
take any steps in this direction.
He said when he was elected Member of
Parliament for the first time in 1996, he got Rs 225 crore sanctioned
from the Union Health Ministry for the completion of the Medical College
and got recognition from the Medical Council of India. He said if voted
to power, he would get the number of seats doubled in the Medical
College. Mr Jain undertook ‘pad yatras’ in Sectors 27, 40, 26 (Sabzi
Mandi) and 8. He also addressed public meetings in Sector 21, Ram Darbar,
Sector 24 (rehri market), Sector 42 (Nehru Colony) and Sector 20.
MARCH 23 ,
2004
Tohra pledges SAD support to Satya Pal Jain
The Times of India
CHANDIGARH:
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee chief and senior SAD leader
Gurcharan Singh Tohra today pledged his party's support to BJP candidate
for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat, Satya Pal Jain, thereby
putting an end to speculation that his party might support the INLD if
it contested the UT seat.
Tohra, who visited the Chandigarh BJP
unit's office in Sector 33 here, also participated in a well-attended
Yuva Matdata Sammelan organised by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.
Tohra said the SAD would continue to
extend its unflinching support to Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and the
Chandigarh unit of his party would support the candidate, who would
strengthen the hands of the Prime Minister. There no better candidate
than Satya Pal Jain to perform the task, the senior SAD leader added.
Jain said the BJP-SAD alliance would strengthen the unity among the
different sections of society and would not follow the divide and rule
policy of the Congress. ...
MARCH 7 ,
2004
Gulal time at Kamlam
Chandigarh Newsline
CHANDIGARH,
March 6: HOLI Milan Samaroh was organised today at the BJP office,
Kamlam. The party workers including the BJP chief Yash Pal Mahajan and
former MP Satya Pal Jain celebrated Holi by applying gulal on
each other.
Addressing the party workers, Jain said, ‘‘Holi is a festival of
gulal and it spread the message of brotherhood. The city unit of
National Students Union under the leadership of Naveen Goyal also
celebrated Holi with the residents of Senior Citizens Home, Sector 15.
The NSU activists also applied gulal on senior citizens and danced
on peppy numbers. Sweets were distributed in both the functions.
FEBRUARY 18 ,
2004
City-Ambala 4-laning to cost Rs 190 cr
Bhoomi poojan ceremony performed
Chandigarh Tribune
Zirakpur, February 17: The Union Minister for Road Transport and
Highways, Major-General B. C. Khanduri (retd), today performed the
bhoomi poojan ceremony for the four-laning of the Ambala-Chandigarh road
(NH-22) from km 5.6 to km 40 up to junction with NH-21 under the
Pradhanmantri Bharat Jodo Pariyojana (PMBJP).
The brief bhoomi poojan ceremony held
by the side of the busy highway was attended, among others, by the
Governor of Punjab and Administrator of UT, Chandigarh, Justice O. P.
Verma (retd), Punjab Minister for PWD, Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, local MLA
and former Minister, Capt Kanwaljit Singh, sitting MP from Ambala, Mr
R.K. Kataria, and former Chandigarh MP, Mr Satyapal Jain. ...
...
Speaking on the occasion, Maj-Gen
Khanduri said that the Chandigarh-Ambala road was being widened under
the PMBJP which envisaged construction of 10,000 km of national highways
at a cost of Rs 40, 000 crore. He was sure that the widening of the road
would give a fillip to the trade and commerce to the region as a whole
because it was being used by vehicles from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh as well as Chandigarh. ...
(STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION...)
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