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DECEMBER 20, 2005
Syndicate poll: 2 senators get equal votes, will
share term
Satya Pal Jain elected Dean, Law
Faculty
CENTRE: Mr Satpal Jain, Dean, Law
Faculty, LEFT: Dr K.K. Talwar,
Dean, Medical Faculty and RIGHT: Mr Kesav Malhotra, Dean, Dairy Dev. and
Animal Hdry. (Image Courtesy: The Tribune)
Chandigarh Tribune
Chandigarh, December 19: History was created in more than
one way during the annual elections of syndicate members and Deans at
Panjab University here today. While for the first time two senators who
got equal number of votes were asked to share their term, holding the
post for a period of six months each, a former Member Parliament from
Chandigarh and senator Mr Satya Pal Jain was chosen as the Dean
of the Department of Laws, the same department that had refused to admit
him as a student 30 years ago. ...
DECEMBER 8, 2005
BJP leader urges PM to stop demolition of
houses in Chandigarh
Webindia123- India
CHANDIGARH, DECEMBER
9: A senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and
former city MP Satya Pal Jain today urged Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Home Minister
Shivraj Patil to instruct the
concerned officials of Chandigarh, not to demolish houses of people
constructed in union territory villages.
These houses were constructed by
people on their own level in various parts of union territory villages,
outside Lal Dora including Deep Complex Hallomajra, he said, demanding
that notices issued to these people for demolition of their houses
should be withdrawn. ...
Deep Complex residents find support
The Tribune- Chandigarh
CHANDIGARH, DECEMBER 7: On the issue
of uprooting of residents of Deep Complex, an all-party meeting was
called by Mr Devi Dayal Sharma, secretary of the district council of the
CPI, Chandigarh, which was attended, among others, by Mr Sat Pal Jain,
BJP...
DECEMBER 5, 2005
BJP workers' meet kicks off
Times of India- Chandigarh
CHANDIGARH, DECEMBER 4:
The UT BJP on
Sunday organised a workers' sammelan at its office in Sector 33 to
involve those workers, who had been inactive for some time now, in the
party work to prepare for the Municipal Corporation polls a year away.
...
Former MP from the UT
Satya Pal Jain, in his address, appealed to the
workers to forget the past and come forward to work together in the
interest of the party.
He called upon the workers, who had been
inactive and were attending the party function after a long time, to
join hands in creating history and ensuring that the BJP won all the
seats in the MC polls that were scheduled next December.
...
NOVEMBER 23, 2005
BJP workers celebrate NDA's victory in
Bihar polls
Chandigarh Newsline- Chandigarh, India
CHANDIGARH, NOVEMBER 22: Local BJP
workers celebrated NDA’s victory in Bihar Vidhan Sabha election, in
party office here today. Sweets were distributed on this occasion. BJP
president Yash Pal Mahajan said Bihar’s public had expressed its faith
in the policies and programmes of BJP led NDA.
Satya Pal Jain
said NDA will certainly achieve victory in the next elections, whenever
and wherever these are held......
NOVEMBER 19, 2005
UT too should extend lal dora, say politicians
Chandigarh Newsline- Chandigarh, India
CHANDIGARH, NOVEMBER 18:
Most city politicians have welcomed
the Punjab government’s decision of extension of lal dora of villages
and demanded that the UT Administration should follow suit.
Talking to Newsline, former MP
Satya Pal Jain said the decision to extend the lal dora limit is
in the interest of the people. He said the BJP has been demanding
the same in the UT for a long time now and the Administration should
follow suit and extend the lal dora limits......
NOVEMBER 16, 2005
Oil-for-food scam: BJP raps Natwar
Chandigarh Newsline- Chandigarh, India
CHANDIGARH, NOVEMBER 15:
LOCAL BJP activists today held a
demonstration at Aroma lightpoint in Sector 22 to protest against the
Congress party and External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh. The
protesters condemned the Union minister who has been alleged as a
‘non-contractual beneficiary’ of payoffs by the erstwhile Saddam Hussein
regime in Iraq.
Speaking
on the occasion, national convener of the legal cell of the BJP and
former MP Satya Pal Jain said the UN-sponsored independent
committee, headed by Paul Volcker, in its report released a few days
ago, names the Congress party and the External Affairs Minister as
non-contractual beneficiaries in the Oil for Food programme......
NOVEMBER 6, 2005
Governor urged to
disqualify Parliamentary Secys
The Tribune-
Himachal Pradesh, India
SHIMLA, NOVEMBER 5: The BJP today
filed a petition before the Governor seeking disqualification of the 12
Chief Parliamentary Secretaries (CPS) and four Parliamentary Secretaries
(PS) for holding the post which had already been termed illegal by the
high court.
The
72-page petition was filed by the chief whip of the BJP in the
Assembly, Mr Ravinder Ravi, under Article 192 of the Constitution.
They have sought the disqualification of all 12 CPS and four PS for
holding the post. Former Chief Minister, Prem Kumar Dhumal, Convener
of the National Legal Cell of the BJP Satpal Jain and other
BJP leaders met Governor V.S. Kokje in this regard.
Disqualify removed CPSs and PSs, says BJP
Webindia123- India
SHIMLA,
NOVEMBER 5: The Himachal Pradesh unit of the BJP today demanded the
disqualification of Chief Parliamentary Secretaries (CPSs) and
Parliamentary Secretaries (PSs) from the state Vidhan Sabha, saying that
by holding the office of profit they had held themselves liable for
disqualification.
''The party has submitted a 72-page
memorandum to Governor V S Kokje urging him to disqualify the 12 MLAs as
they had held office of profit after they were appointed CPSs and PSs by
the state government,'' National Convenor of the BJP legal cell
Satpal Jain said, while addressing a press conference, here.
NOVEMBER 5, 2005
Eid celebrations bring morning warmth to city
BJP, Samajwadi Party greet people
Chandigarh
Newsline- Chandigarh, India
CHANDIGARH, NOVEMBER 4: The city unit
of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has extended warm greetings and good
wishes to the Muslim community on the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.
Former MP
Satya Pal Jain and BJP president Yash Pal Mahajan
participated in ‘Id Milan’ programme organised by Muslim Welfare
Committee of Manimajra. The function was held at Eidgah (Near
Housing Board Chowk, Mauli Jagran Road), Manimajra. Addressing the
gathering, Jain said the festival is an occasion of rejoicing,
festivals and self-purification. They also attended ‘Eid-Milan’
organised in Bapu Dham colony......
NOVEMBER 3, 2005
Factory workers, employees celebrate Vishwakarma
Day
Chandigarh Newsline- Chandigarh, India
CHANDIGARH, NOVEMBER 2: VISHWAKARMA
Day was celebrated with fervour and gaiety in factories, automarkets,
workshops and by the MC and Administration workers who use tools. To
mark the occasion, factory workers organised puja in the factories
premises. ...
... Addressing labourers at the
Sector 44-C Labour Chowk where a programme on the birthday of Lord
Vishwakarma was organised by the construction workers, ex-MP
Satya Pal Jain criticised the Congress Party-led UPA government
for its anti-labour, anti-poor and anti-people policy......
NOVEMBER 1, 2005
BJP Tributes to Maharishi Valmiki
BJP Today (Nov 1-15, 2005)
The SC Morcha of BJP, Chandigarh
observed the Maharishi Valmikli Jayanti at Chandigarh. Several leaders
participated and spoke on the life of the seer.
Former MP Satya Pal Jain said," The message of Maharishi
Valmiki is not confined to any particular religion, place or section of
the people, but it is for the entire mankind. Thus, the sacred name and
message of Valmiki towards humanity shall remain till eternity."
BJP SC Morcha President Sachin Lohatiya said that it was a matter
of great regret that even after a long span of 55 years of independence,
the Congress and its allies were looking at Dalits as 'vote bank' but
have done nothing for them.
While addressing the huge gathering he further said , " All the
facilities and benefits, which were to be given to the Dalits, were
being enjoyed by these parties for their own benefit, as a result of
which the Dalits were forced to live a poor and miserable life."
Others present on the occassion were BJP President Yash Pal Jain,
Vice President Purshotam Mahajan, general secretaries Bal Krishan Kapoor
and Kewal Krishan Addiwal and BJP Councillor Kamala Sharma. They all
paid floral tributes to Maharishi Valmiki along with a large number of
workers.
OCTOBER 29, 2005
Former MP criticises Hansi idols theft
Chandigarh Newsline- Chandigarh, India
CHANDIGARH, OCTOBER 28: Former MP
Satya Pal Jain, while strongly criticising yesterday’s theft of
precious historical idols from a Jain temple in Hansi, has demanded an
inquiry by a high-level government agency for unearthing the conspiracy
behind the theft.
In a
statement issued today, Jain said the Jain community has been
shocked by the unprecedented theft of idols from the historical
temple at Hansi....
OCTOBER 24, 2005
BJP cautions Cong on religious reservations
Central
Chronicle-- Nation
HYDERABAD, OCTOBER 23:
Expressing
concern over the moves by the Congress Governments to provide
reservations to Muslims, former MP and BJP Legal Cell national convenor
Satpal Jain has warned the Congress against "playing with fire"
for the sake of a few seats in Parliament and Assemblies.
Reservations to Muslims, if not opposed, would result in dividing
the people on religious lines and lead to another partition of the
country in the long run......
BJP Cautions Congress on religious reservations
`Vote bank politics will lead to
another partition of the country'
[Satpal Jain (centre),
National convener of BJP Legal Cell, with party colleague Bandaru
Dattatreya and State unit president N. Indrasena Reddy at the
first national zonal legal cell convention in Hyderabad on Saturday. -
Photo : P.V. Sivakumar] (IMAGE COURTESY: The Hindu)
The Hindu
HYDERABAD, OCTOBER 23: Expressing
concern over the moves by the Congress Governments to provide
reservations to Muslims, former MP and BJP Legal Cell national convenor
Satpal Jain has warned the Congress against "playing with fire"
for the sake of a few seats in Parliament and Assemblies.
Reservations to Muslims,
if not opposed, would result in dividing the people on religious lines
and lead to another partition of the country in the long run. "These
parties which claim themselves as secularists are advocating communal
ideas like reservations to Muslims," he said. Mr. Jain was delivering
the inaugural address at the party's 4th State legal convention and the
first national zonal convention organised here on Saturday. ...
Satpal Jain (middle), National
convenor of the BJP Legal Cell in conversation with Bandaru Dattatreya
at the First National Zonal Legal Cell convention in Hyderabad on
October 22, 2005. At right is N. Indrasena Reddy, State BJP president.
Photo: P.V. Sivakumar (Courtesy: TheHinduImages.com)
OCTOBER 23, 2005
Manmohan Singh has no option but to quit: BJP
Webindia123- India
HYDERABAD, OCTOBER
22: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has no option but to quit owning
responsibility for proclamation of ''unconstitutional'' President's rule
in Bihar, Bharatiya Janata Party Legal cell National Convener Satpal
Jain said today.
It would have been proper on the part
of the UPA government to at least recall Bihar Governor Buta Singh, who
had cast a slur on the August office by recommending President's rule,
in the wake of the Supreme court observation in the case, he said while
taking part in the first BJP national zonal legal cell convention here......
Muslims' reservation; Congress playing with fire
says BJP
Webindia123- India
HYDERABAD, OCTOBER 22: Charging the
Congress with playing ''vote bank politics'' by going ahead with
reservation for Muslims in Andhra Pradesh, the BJP's Legal Cell today
said it would fight the religion-based reservation legally.
''Power keeps changing hands. Just
for the sake of MP and MLA seats don't play with fire,'' Cell National
convener and former MP Satpal Jain advised the Congress Party
while taking part in the first National Zonal Legal Cell convention here......
OCTOBER 22, 2005
Notification draws critisism
The Chandigarh Tribune
Chandigarh, October 21: The
notification regarding the transfer of certain powers to the Municipal
Corporation by the Chandigarh Administration has come in for severe
criticism from members of the corporation and political parties in the
city. ...
... Mr Satya Pal Jain, a former Member of Parliament, said: “The
situation of no actual power in the notification was a reflection on the
Congress rule in the city. The Congress enjoyed power in Punjab, Haryana
and even in the Centre, yet the bureaucracy managed to keep all actual
power in its hands. In the first place it is the government in power
which can take initiatives and initiate a change”. ...
OCTOBER 18, 2005
Punjab refuses more water to Chandigarh
The Tribune-
Punjab, India
CHANDIGARH: OCTOBER 17: Punjab has
refused to give more water to the Union Territory of Chandigarh.
Informed sources said today that a decision of the Punjab Government
headed by the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, had been conveyed to
the UT administration. ...
...senior BJP leader and former MP,
Mr Satpal Jain, has urged the Union Home Ministry to take up the
issue of water supply with Capt Amarinder Singh.
OCTOBER 9, 2005
For Bihar, BJP protests at Matka Chowk
Chandigarh Newsline- Chandigarh, India
CHANDIGARH, OCTOBER 8: BJP activists
held a demonstration at Matka Chowk here today against the Congress-led
UPA government in the wake of Apex court verdict which found the
dissolution of Bihar Vidhan Sabha, unconstitutional. ...
...Speaking on the occasion, ex-MP
and Convener of BJP’s Legal Cell, Satya Pal Jain lashed out at
the Congress for Bihar Assembly’s unconstitutional dissolution and said
.‘‘Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh has burdened the Bihar people with
an unnecessary election. It has always been the Congress’ culture that
whenever it came to power, it tried its best to topple the non-Congress
state governments”...
BJP activists seek PM’s resignation
The Tribune- Chandigarh, India
CHANDIGARH, OCTOBER 8: Demanding the
resignation of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, in the wake of the
Supreme Court judgement on Bihar, BJP activists today demonstrated at
the Matka Chowk here today.
A former local MP, Mr
Satya Pal Jain,
held Dr Manmohan Singh, responsible for the Assembly dissolution as he
was the chief administrator of the country. The Supreme Court judgement
had exposed the real faces of the Congress, and its Left allies. Mr Buta
Singh was specially sent by the Congress-led UPA Government to stall the
formation of any non-Congress and non-RJD government in Bihar, he
alleged.
OCTOBER 8, 2005
City wrapped in Cong flags: Other parties unfurl
wrath
Chandigarh Newsline -
Chandigarh, India
Chandigarh, October 7:
A NUMBER of political
units today condemned the Congress for “violating all norms by putting
up flags on government building and misusing the official machinery”.
However, the flags put up at the Punjab Raj Bhawan were removed today.
...
... Former MP Satya
Pal Jain told Newsline that it was very unfortunate that the
Congress was putting up flags on the government buildings.
Jain said officials
of the UT Administration were also following the instructions of the
party blindly and offering the official machinery for “misuse”. ...
OCTOBER 5, 2005
Telecom firm throws her a line of hope in red-tape jungle
Chandigarh Newsline -
Chandigarh, India
CHANDIGARH OCTOBER 4:
LIKE any other girl her age,
26-year-old Mamta is full of confidence and dreams — despite the
crippling reality that she has lost both her legs and her right hand in
a bomb explosion in Aligarh 14 years back. What has shaken her the most,
is the indifference shown by the UT’s politicians and the Administration
to her years of prayers for a government job or a shop from the
handicapped quota.
So when a telecom
company and a local voluntary organisation extended a helping hand, this
poor girl at Manimajra saw a ray of hope in a society she thought was
choking with red-tapism and callousness. HFCL Infotech Ltd, owners of
the Connect brand of telecom services, on Tuesday installed an STD-PCO
at Mamta’s house in New Indira Colony. Voluntary organisation ‘The
Roses’ helped in the
initiative and the Connect STD-PCO was inaugurated by former Chandigarh
MP Satya Pal Jain. ...
SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
'Threat' to Jain's life from Babbars
Chandigarh Newsline -
Chandigarh, India
CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER
29:
Former MP and national convener of
BJP’s Legal Cell Satya Pal Jain has received a letter from the Babbar
Khalsa, threatening to “eliminate” him. Jain received the two-page
letter written in Punjabi on August 27. ...
SEPTEMBER
24, 2005
Who's who meet Prime Minister
Chandigarh Newsline -
Chandigarh, India
CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER 23:
A host of dignitaries
today thronged the Chandigarh Airport to welcome Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh.
...
Former MP Satya Pal
Jain also met the Prime Minister alongwith his party leaders. Jain
later told Newsline
that he demanded a special package of Rs 300 crore for development work
in the UT.
SEPTEMBER
16, 2005
Former MP slams Rahul for not giving an ear to local delegations
Chandigarh Newsline -
Chandigarh, India
Chandigarh, September 15:
FORMER MP Satya Pal Jain
today criticised Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who recently visited the city
as a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, for
not meeting the leaders of local political units and various
delegations.
Addressing a press conference in the city today, Jain said Rahul Gandhi
had come here on an official visit as a member of the committee and he
should have met the delegations and heard their problems.
Parliamentary Secretaries' case: notice to Punjab
The Tribune
Chandigarh, September 15: The Punjab
and Haryana High Court today issued notice of motion for October 27 on
the petition filed by Mr Anter Singh Brar, a BJP leader, seeking
directions to the Punjab Government to remove Parliamentary Secretaries.
Taking up the petition, the Division Bench comprising Chief Justice
Mr Justice D.K. Jain and Mr Justice Hemant Gupta also issued notice to
the Punjab Chief Minister and the Parliamentary Secretaries.
The Bench also took on record the recent judgement of the Himachal
Pradesh High Court, quashing the appointment of the Parliamentary
Secretaries.
During hearing, Senior Advocate Satya Pal Jain, counsel for
the petitioner, stated that the appointment of Parliamentary Secretaries
a drain on the exchequer and was illegal as no such post existed under
the Constitution. He said though the 91st amendment to the Constitution
restricted the number of ministers in Punjab to not more than 18, the
Chief Minister, because of political reasons, appointed 12 MLAs as
Parliamentary Secretaries all of whom have been given rank of Deputy
Minister. This way, crores of rupees were being wasted, Mr Jain
asserted.
He also maintained that there was no legal sanction to the post. Mr
Jain also quoted the Himachal Pradesh High Court judgement in the
matter.
Hearing will now resume on October 27.
SEPTEMBER
14, 2005
Appointment Of CPSs, PSs In Punjab Challenged In HC
Indlaw.com - New Delhi, India
14 September, 2005:
The appointment and continuance of three chief parliamentary
secretaries and nine parliamentary secretaries in Punjab has been
challenged in the Punjab and Haryana High Court as a follow-up to the
quashing of similar appointments in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh by the
Shimla-based High Court recently.
A public interest litigation (PIL) petition in this regard filed by
advocate Antar Singh Brar a member of the legal cell of the Bharatiya
Janata Party, came up for consideration before the division bench of
Chief Justice D K Jain and Justice Hemant Gupta.
The bench directed Satya Pal
Jain the counsel for the petitioner to place a copy of the order
passed by the division bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court
vide which the appointment of 12 parliamentary
secretaries in Himachal was quashed....
SEPTEMBER
4, 2005
BJP may move HC on recovery of dues from CPSs and PSs
Daily
Excelsior- Jammu (Jammu & Kashmir), India
SHIMLA, SEPTEMBER 3: The Himachal
Pradesh BJP today threatened to move the HP High Court for recovery
of "financial expenditure" incurred upon Chief Parliamentary
Secretaries (CPSs) and Parliamentary Secretaries (PSs) during their
tenure by the state Government.
"We are planning to file a
petition in the court against the CPSs and PSs for recovery of
expenditure unless they deposit it themselves in another two or
three days," national convenor of the BJP legal cell Satpal Jain
said while addressing a press conference here. ...
AUGUST
30, 2005
Twenty years on, he is still to find answers...
Physically-challanged city
resident has been doing the rounds of Ministry of Urban Development.
Chandigarh
Newsline - Chandigarh, India
Chandigarh, August 29: RUNNING from pillar to post
for the last two decades to settle a matter pertaining to substitution
of shop no. 108 in Shankar Market in New Delhi, has not been an easy job
for Kranti Kumar Chopra of Sector 23, Chandigarh. His problems have been
multiple because he is hearing and speech impaired.
... On March 8, 2005, ex-MP
Satya Pal Jain had written to the Union Urban
Ministry for appropriate and necessary action, but the Ministry did not
did not bother
to even respond to his letter. ...
AUGUST 19, 2005
High Court blow to Virbhadra: MLAs as secys are out
Himachal: 12 parliamentary secretaries quit after
ruling, Chief Minister says will file appeal in Supreme Court
Indian Express-
New Delhi, India
SHIMLA, AUGUST 18: In a significant ruling, the Himachal Pradesh
High Court today quashed the appointment of 12 chief parliamentary
secretaries and parliamentary secretaries. Declaring the appointments
illegal and unconstitutional, the court said their continuance in office
was impermissible under the law.
The 12 secretaries resigned from their
office soon afterwards and also returned their official cars. ...
... The BJP has called for the Chief Minister’s resignation. ‘‘He should
resign on moral grounds because
it is his action
which has been quashed by the HC,'' said Satpal Jain,
all-India convener of BJP Legal Cell.
Appointment of HP Chief Parliamentary Secys quashed
The Tribune - Himachal Pradesh, India
Shimla, August 18:
In a landmark judgment which will have far-reaching political
implications across the country, the Himachal Pradesh High Court today
quashed the appointment of eight Chief Parliamentary Secretaries and
four Parliamentary Secretaries with immediate effect and ruled that the
Chief Minister, Mr Virbhadra Singh, had no powers to make such
appointments. The court also directed the Chief Secretary to see to it
that the order was implemented forthwith. ...
... Mr Sat Pal Jain, national
convener of the BJP legal cell who appeared for the petitioner, said the
government should not only implement the order, but also recover the
expenses incurred from the state exchequer from the illegal appointees
while they were in office or the Chief Minister who appointed them.
High Court blow to Virbhadra: MLAs as secys are out
Yahoo News- India
In a significant ruling, the Himachal Pradesh High Court today quashed
the appointment of 12 chief parliamentary secretaries and parliamentary
secretaries. Declaring the appointments illegal and unconstitutional,
the court said their continuance in office was impermissible under the
law. ...
... The BJP has called for the Chief
Minister’s resignation. ‘‘He should resign on moral grounds because it
is his action which has been quashed by the HC,’’ said Satpal Jain,
all-India convener of BJP Legal Cell.
AUGUST
8, 2005
BJP legal cell condemns UPA govt
Ludhiana Newsline- Ludhiana (Punjab),
India
Ludhiana, August 7:
THE Legal Cell of
Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) has condemned the Congress led UPA government
and the state governments under Congress rule for dishonouring 91st
amendment to the Indian constitution which lays down the rule that the
number of ministers in the cabinet should not be more than 15 per cent
of the total strength of the house.
At a meeting of the office
bearers of the legal cell of the party, Satpal Jain, former Member
Parliament (M.P) from Chandigarh and the national convenor of BJP legal
cell, said the Congress governments had disrespected the constitution by
appointing MLAs as parliamentary secretaries and heads of various boards
and corporations.
AUGUST 8, 2005
Compensate drowned victim's family: Jain to Admin
Chandigarh Newsline -
Chandigarh, India
Chandigarh, August 7: FORMER Member of Parliament
Satya Pal
Jain, has blamed the UT Administration and Municipal Corporation for
criminal negligence owing to which two residents of the city lost their
lives by drowning in water -logged nullahs and trenches that have
pockmarked the city.
He was talking of the untimely death of Pawan Kumar,
a class IX student from Burail village, who drowned in water nullah on
August 3 and Rajinder Singh (35), a resident of Sector-47 who also died
by drowning in a nullah in Burail on the night of August 4. ...
JULY 29, 2005
'Private
schools ignoring poor'
Authorities Delaying Implementation Of Court Order On
Reserving 25 Per Cent Seats For Poor Students, Alleges Ex-MP
The Hindu
CHANDIGARH: The former Chandigarh MP and the national convener of the
Legal Cell of the BJP, Satya Pal Jain, said here on Thursday that
both the Centre and the Chandigarh Administration were totally
"non-serious`` about implementing the Punjab and Haryana High Court
order to ensure that 25 per cent of the seats in private educational
institutions which got Government land on concessional rates were
reserved for poor students.
In a statement, Mr. Jain said the Court had also ruled that such
schools charge only "reasonable fee" from the students. He said he was
"shocked" to read a statement by the Punjab Governor and UT
Administrator, S.F. Rodrigues, in which he had directed that 15 per cent
seats be reserved for poor students in private schools.
Mr. Jain said the Chandigarh Administration officials were very
well aware that on February 14, 2005, a Division Bench of the Punjab and
Haryana High Court had issued clear directions to them to reserve 25 per
cent seats for poor students and to fix the fee to be charged from all
students. Following the court order he said he himself led a BJP
delegation to the Administrator who had assured that the judgment would
be implemented from the current session. ...
'Private Schools Ignoring Poor'
IndiaEdunews.net
CHANDIGARH: The former Chandigarh MP
and the national convener of the Legal Cell of the BJP, Satya Pal
Jain, said here on Thursday that both the Centre and the Chandigarh
Administration were totally "non-serious`` about implementing the Punjab
and Haryana High Court order to ensure that 25 per cent of the seats in
private educational institutions which got Government land on
concessional rates were reserved for poor students. ...
JULY 27, 2005
Gurgaon lathicharge barbaric, Centre must intervene: Naidu
Chandigarh Newsline -
Chandigarh,India
Chandigarh, July 26:
EXPRESSING anguish over the
lathicharge on protesting factory workers in Gurgaon, BJP vice-president
M. Venkaiah Naidu today sought the Centre’s intervention to restore
‘normalcy’. ...
... Speaking on a local theme, former MP Satya Pal
Jain criticised MP Pawan Kumar Bansal for naming the IT Park
after late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
The IT Park should be named after war heroes, Jain suggested.
JUNE 14, 2005
'Re-think selling of public space'
Chandigarh Newsline
Chandigarh, June 13: FORMER MP Satya Pal Jain
today said the UT Administration should give a second thought to the
conversion of open public spaces in various sectors into commercial
places and allotting them to educational institutions.
Jain took a round of Sector-20 C where the Administration has allotted
the public park to an educational institution for constructing a school
building. ...
JUNE 11, 2005
BJP held a demonstration
Chandigarh Newsline
Chandigarh, June 10:
The Chandigarh unit of the BJP held a demonstration
against the UPA Government at the Centre, UT Administration and the
local Congress party MP for their ‘‘anti-people’’ policies on Friday.
They were protesting the low water pressure in the city. The activists
were carrying earthen pitchers and empty buckets while raising slogans
against the Congress party on the Municipal Corporation premises. They
also broke the pitchers and buckets at the end of the protest. Ex-MP
Satya Pal Jain said that the Congress has committed a breach of
trust by not fulfilling its promises. The MC’s claim of supplying water
thrice a day has also not been fulfilled, he alleged. Jain also
complained about the poor sanitary condition in the city.
JUNE 5, 2005
Jain asks for overhead bridge in Manimajra
25,000 daily commuters face problems due to
congestion at the crossing
Chandigarh Newsline -
Chandigarh,India
Chandigarh, June 4:
FORMER BJP MP Satya Pal Jain has urged the Union Railway Ministry
to construct an over-bridge at the Manimajra railway crossing on the
Chandigarh-Kalka railway line.
SP Jain, also a member of the National Working Committee of the BJP,
said in his letter to the Union Railway Minister Laloo Parsad Yadav that
about 25,000 people from Manimajra come to and go back from Chandigarh
through this railway crossing everyday. ...
JUNE 4, 2005
RSS favours amicable settlement to Ayodhya dispute
Outlook- India
New Delhi, June 3:
RSS today told the Liberhan
Commission that it always favoured amicable settlement to the Ram
Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute as it would infuse "new blood" to help
India emerge a strong nation. ...
...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 needs some time to prepare
the final written submission. ...
MAY 30, 2005
Demolitions: Bansal's effigy burnt
Activists of the BJP burn an effigy of
local MP Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal outside his residence in Sector 28,
Chandigarh, on Sunday. (Image Courtesy: The Tribune)
Chandigarh
Tribune
Chandigarh, May 29:
Activists of the Tenement Cell of the local unit of the Bhartiya Janata
Party today organised a dharna in front of the residence of Mr Pawan
Kumar Bansal, the local Member of Parliament, for his “casual” approach
towards the problems of the poor, particularly Mani Majra residents who
face demolitions in their housing structures.
The effigy of the MP was burnt to register
protest against his “inaction in listening to the residents of Mani
Majra who have been served notices against encroachments in their
housing structures”. Mr Satya Pal Jain, a former Member of
Parliament of the BJP, came down heavily of the Congress MP for failing
to redress grievances of the poor. ...
MAY 22, 2005
Kumar's departure blow to admin
Chandigarh Newsline
Chandigarh
, May
21:
THE repatriation of Deputy
Commissioner Arun Kumar is being seen as a setback for the UT
Administration which had tried its best to get an extension for Kumar.
...
... Satya Pal Jain, former MP: It’s nothing but
politicisation of bureaucracy. It is happening for the first time in the
history of Chandigarh that a political party has brought its man
overlooking all the considerations. I think it would set a bad
precedent. ...
MAY 6, 2005
'Rosh' rally against demolitions tomorrow
Chandigarh Newsline
Chandigarh
,
May 5: Several
prominent city personalities, including Mayor Anu Chatrath, today
decided in a meeting to organise a "rosh rally" on May 7 in protest
against the demolition of a gurdwara and other religious structures by
the Chandigarh Administration in Dadu Majra.
The meeting, held at Gurdwara Gur Sagar Sahib, was attended by Mayor Anu
Chatrath, former MP Satya Pal Jain, former mayors Subhash Chawala
and Harjinder Kaur...
Sharma's house allotment cancelled
Times of India
CHANDIGARH: The
UT Administration on Thursday cancelled the allotment of a house to
Pawan Sharma, the Congress leader who was arrested on Wednesday for
allegedly producing a fake affidavit to become a member of a housing
society. ...
... Reacting on the development,
former city MP Satya Pal Jain said, "By saying that the DC has
been unjust, Bansal is showing his own inefficiency as an MP. If he is
so much confident about his men and his party being with him, why can’t
he get him transferred. After all, the home ministry takes care of the
issues such as the transfer of DC. When he can’t get him transferred
even with the Congress government at the helm of affairs, then what
impression is he is leaving on the residents of Chandigarh about
himself." ...
MAY 5, 2005
Distt Cong chief held for cheating
Pawan Sharma is close to MP
PK Bansal
Chandigarh Newsline
Chandigarh,
Chandigarh, May 4: UT Police
today arrested District Congress Committee (Urban) president Pawan
Sharma on the charges of cheating and criminal conspiracy.
With his arrest, one more chapter has been
added in the feud between local MP Pawan Kumar Bansal and UT Deputy
Commissioner Arun Kumar.
Sharma was arrested from Sector 38 after police
investigation revealed that he allegedly bought a flat on the basis of a
fake affidavit. ...
... Ex-MP Satya Pal
Jain: The administration should take strict action against those
involved in fraud and cheating case, irrespective of political
affiliation. ...
APRIL 26, 2005
Sec 15 traders' protest has police hurrying to
pacify
Shops down shutters against arrest of one shopkeeper and his son.
Chandigarh Newsline
Chandigarh,
April 25:
THE SHOPKEEPERS of
Sectors 15-C and D markets today downed their shutters in protest
against the arrest of tenant shopkeeper Vijay Mohan and his son Lovely
yesterday.
The
annoyed shopkeepers blocked the road and raised slogans against the
Chandigarh Police alleging they were framing up the shopkeeper and his
son in a false case. The strength of the protest forced senior police
officers to visit the market. ...
...
Former MP Satya
Pal Jain and Purshottam Mahajan also addressed the rally. Jain said
police had failed to conduct an inquiry before making the arrest. ...
APRIL 25, 2005
It was BJP's day of protests against Central govt
Chandigarh Newsline
Chandigarh, April 24: The local unit of the Scheuled Caste Morcha
of the BJP today organised a protest rally at the roundabout of Sectors
55 and 62 against the alleged anti-people policies of the Congress-led
UPA government at the Centre and against local MP Pawan Kumar Bansal.
Addressing the gathering, former MP Satya Pal Jain said the
price of daily-use items had gone up many times during the last 10
months. The law and order situation during the Congress rule had
worsened and no step had been taken to generate employment as it
promised before the Lok Sabha election, he added.
The party workers also raised slogans against Pawan Kumar Bansal
for not allowing SCs to show their resentment during the Prime Minister
Dr. Manmohan Singh’s visit to Chandigarh. They also blamed Bansal for
the delay in the issuance of SC certificates to the children of SCs.
APRIL 24, 2005
Jain lashes at Cong leaders
Calls allegations against UT officers baseless
Chandigarh Newsline
Chandigarh, April 23:
EX-MP and senior BJP
leader Satya Pal Jain has lashed Congress leaders for levelling
‘‘baseless’’ allegations against officers of the UT Administration. He
said the leaders are just doing it to ‘‘hide their own failures.’’
Jain
alleged that the administration has come under the ‘‘direct control’’ of
the Union Home Ministry where there is a Congress government with Shiv
Raj Patil as the Union Home Minister.
...
Guv-Bansal row: City wants truce
Chandigarh Newsline
Chandigarh,
April 23: THE feud between local MP Pawan Kumar Bansal and UT
Administrator Gen S.F. Rodrigues has evoked reaction from local
politicians as well as city residents. ...
...
Satya Pal Jain:
Such type of unparliamentary language was never used by the leaders and
MPs of Ruling Party against officials appointed by its own government at
the Centre. It is unbecoming and uncalled for. It indicates that local
MPs have failed to exercise control over their own appointees,
especially UT Administrator Gen S.F. Rodrigues, who had replaced NDA
appointee, Justice O.P. Verma.
...
APRIL 4,
2005
Dream for poor has few takers, many surprises
Chandigarh Newsline
Chandigarh,
April 3:
THE
plan to raise a township for over 80,000 slum-dwellers has taken even
top UT officials by surprise besides inviting criticism from various
quarters.
According to sources, even the UT Advisory Council did not have
knowledge of the final plan. The officials said the original plan
submitted by the sub-groups of the Council envisaged just shifting
slum-dwellers to different areas in the periphery and there was no plan
for township and houses. ...
... Former MP
Satya Pal Jain also expressed doubts over the viability of the plan.
Jain said that the idea was fine but the implementation would be a
problem. He added Administrator Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd) should have
consulted the BJP as well as town planning experts. Jain said even the
finances had not been worked out. ...
APRIL 3,
2005
Ex-MP warns of 'direct action' over capitation fee
Chandigarh Newsline
Chandigarh, April 2:
EX-MP Satya
Pal Jain today warned the UT Administration of direct action if
private schools in the city are not stopped from charging capitation fee
at the time of admission before April 16.
Addressing mediapersons here, Jain said that the city’s BJP unit will
continue its campaign till its demands are accepted by the
administration. The BJP has demanded reservation of 25 per cent seats
for children from poor families in private schools as per the judgment
of Punjab and Haryana High Court, end of capitation fee and parity in
tuition fee between private and government schools. ...
MARCH 28,
2005
'NRI seats misused, lower PU standards'
Times of India- Chandigarh
Chandigarh:
There are angry voices on the campus. People are questioning the
existence of NRI or industry-sponsored seats. ...
... "Presence of undeserving students
under NRI quota affects other meritorious students in professional
courses. If the university has to enrol NRI students for financial
reasons, it should do so by adding extra seats and not by cutting into
the general quota seats," says Satya Pal Jain, another senator.
...
