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Simran SodhiTribune News Service

New Delhi, December 14

On a day when External Affairs Minister Sushma

Swaraj made a strong pitchfor resuming dialogue with

Pakistan, a Hurriyat delega-

tion met Pakistan High Com-missioner Abdul Basit here.

The meeting was to primari-ly discuss the resumption of

dialogue between India andPakistan and also to convey

the message to Basit to main-tain a consistent policy on

Kashmir. This message wasdelivered by the Hurriyat

delegation on behalf of itschief Syed Ali Geelani.

It cannot be lost on anyonethat this will be a setback tothe goodwill earned just a

few days ago in Islamabad.India has consistently main-

tained that the Hurriyatcannot be treated as a third

party to the talks and thatKashmir is a bilateral issue

which needs to be sorted outbetween India and Pak-

istan. The Pakistan envoyby holding this meeting

today and raising the “K”

card has attempted to bringthe spotlight back on Kash-

mir in the Indo-Pak dia-logue. Swaraj, in her Parlia-

ment statement today, trieddoing just the opposite.

Hours after their meeting,the All Parties Hurriyat Con-

ference (APHC) issued a

press statement in Srinagar which said: “A delegationsent by chairman Syed Ali

Geelani today held a detailedmeeting for one-and-a-half

hours with Basit.”“They also discussed the

Kashmir policy,” APHCspokesman Ayaz Akbar said.

“The APHC delegation

handed them a message of Geelani that Pakistanshould continue to maintain

consistency and firmnessover its Kashmir policy and

play an active role in high-lighting the human rights

violations committed byIndian forces in Jammu &

Kashmir on the internation-

al forums,” Akbar said.Sushmabriefs MPs: Pak toldto expedite 26/11 trial P18

Hurriyat delegation meets

Pak envoy, talks Kashmir

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Today’s issue consists of 28 pages, including

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Life+Style.

Mumbai, December 14

Coast Guard DIG BK

Loshali has been sackedafter being indicted over his

comments that contradicted

the government’s stand onthe sinking of a Pakistan

fishing boat last year.“Procedure of General

Court Martial Proceedingshas been completed. He has

being dismissed from serv-ice,” a senior Coast Guard

official said.He was facing court mar-

tial proceedings from Sep-tember after being indicted

by a Board of Inquiry. The

proceedings were conductedby a panel of senior DIG

(Deputy Inspector General)rank officers.

On the eve of New Year lastyear, a Pakistani fishing boat

said to be carrying explo-sives was intercepted by the

Indian Coast Guard off theGujarat coast, but the vessel

exploded and caught firebefore sinking along with

four occupants.Defence Minister

Manohar Parrikar had saidthe “circumstantial evi-

dence” indicated that thePakistani boat had suspect-

ed terror links.

Dismissing claims that theoccupants of boat were

smugglers, the minister hadsaid he would classify them

as “suspected or possibleterrorists” since they had

committed suicide afterbeing intercepted and added

that they were in touch withPakistani maritime officials,

“army and internationalcontacts”. – PTI

NewYork, December 14

In a rare exception, an active-duty Sikh combat soldier in

the US Army has reportedly

been granted a temporaryreligious accommodation

that allows him to grow hisbeard and wear a turban.

Captain Simratpal Singh,27, had to cut his hair on his

first day at the United StatesMilitary Academy at West

Point nearly 10 years agosince the Army would not

allow a soldier with long hairor a beard, a report in the

New York Times said.

Last week, however, the Army finally granted Singh,

who led a platoon of combatengineers who cleared road-

side bombs in Afghanistanand was awarded the Bronze

Star, a religious accommoda-tion under which he is

allowed to grow his beardand wrap his hair in a turban.

"It is wonderful. I had beenliving a double life, wearing a

turban only at home," he toldthe Times. "My two worlds

have finally come backtogether. A true Sikh is sup-

posed to stand out, so he candefend those who cannot

defend themselves," he said,adding that he was prepared

to sue if the accommodation was not made permanent.

Currently, three Sikh-Amer-icans are serving the US mili-

tary — Major KamaljeetSingh, Captain Tejdeep Singh

Rattan and Corporal Simran-preet Singh Lamba. — PTI

US Army allows Sikh soldier tokeep beard, wear turban for now

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi, December 14

The two recent incidents of alleged attacks on Dalits in

Punjab today reverberated

in Parliament with the Con-gress and BSP demanding

the dismissal of the SAD-BJP government.

The heinous incident of chopping off arms and feet of

a Dalit worker at a farmhouseof an Akali Dal leader in Abo-

har and crushing of a younggirl under a SAD leader’s

bus at Lambi, led to repeatedadjournments of the House

through the day.Leader of the Opposition in

the Rajya Sabha Ghulam

Nabi Azad said these inci-dents showed the prevalence

of “jungle raaj” in Punjab. Hesaid what was happening was

worse than terrorism andthere was no law and order in

the state. "The state govern-ment should be dismissed...

we are not just demandingaction (against the accused),

we are talking about dismissal

of the government,” he said.BSP chief Mayawati criti-

cised the SAD-BJP coalitiongovernment for its “inabili-

ty” to prevent atrocities onDalits. The incidents were

both "painful and shameful",she said blaming the liquor

mafia for the Abohar inci-

dent where the limbs of aDalit worker were choppedoff “as part of a conspiracy”.

“The Union Government

should intervene. The stategovernment should be dis-

missed,” she said. Raising slo-gans “Dalit virodhi sarkar

nahin chalegi”, BSP memberscontinued the protest and

amid the din, External Affairs

Minister Sushma Swarajmade her statement on herrecent visit to Pakistan.

The government attempt to

seek cooperation for the pas-sage of the Scheduled Caste

and Scheduled Tribes (Pre- vention of Atrocities) Amend-

ment Bill was not concededby agitated members with

Azad stating that while the

party supported the Bill andits passage in this session, itcould not be done when the

House was not in order.

On his part, Minister of State for Parliamentary

Affairs Mukhtar AbbasNaqvi said the government

condemned the incident inthe strongest possible terms

and supported strict action

against the accused.continued on p7

Related reports on p2

Punjab Dalit ‘atrocities’ echoin RS, Oppn flays Badal govt

PAK BOAT REMARK

Coast Guard

DIG Loshali

sacked

DIG BK LOSHALI

Cong protest in Shimla goes horribly wrong

Five Congress activists received burns when they torched an ef figy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Shimla on Monday.

The protest was against the NDA government’s “vendetta politics” in the National Herald case. PHOTO: AMIT KANWAR P10

Turbaned men deniedentry to US stadium

■

A group of Sikh men wasallegedly harassed by securi-ty staff and denied access toa stadium in San Diego cityof California for an American

football game because theywere wearing turbans

■Verinder Malhi and his friends, who drove sevenhours from Fresno to see theBroncos-Chargers game onDecember 6, were told thatthey could be allowed to enteronly after they remove theirturbans, 10News reported

■Their car was also searchedby a bomb-sniffing dog

Temporary measure

■Captain Simratpal Singh hasbeen granted a temporaryreligious accommodationthat will last only a month

■ If the Army decides againstgiving him permanent reli-gious accommodation, theCaptain would either have tocut his hair or leave the Army

Recent incidents■Limbs of a Dalit worker

were allegedly chopped off

at a farmhouse of an Akali

Dal leader in Abohar

■A young girl was reportedly

crushed to death under a

bus belonging to a SADleader at Lambi

End jungle raaj: Cong, BSP■While Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam

Nabi Azad said these incidents showed the prevalence of “jungle raaj” in Punjab, BSP supremo Mayawati flayed Akaligovernment and termed the incidents as shameful

Can’t single out Punjab: SAD■Denying SAD role in the incident, party MP Balwinder Singh

Bhunder said anti-poor and anti-Dalit incidents were taking place in many states, including those ruled by the Congress.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and party MPs hold placards as they raise slogans during a

demonstration over law and order situation in Punjab, in New Delhi.PHOTO: MANAS RANJAN BHUI

SanjeevSharma Tribune News Service

NewDelhi, December 14

In one of the biggest recovery

proceedings ever against adefaulter for illegal mobilisa-

tion of public funds, the Secu-

rities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) today issued an

order attaching the assets of PACL Ltd, also known as

Pearls Agro, and its promot-ers and directors for its failure

to refund nearly ~60,000 croreto more than 5 crore investors.

In its order issued today,SEBI said PACL had raised

~49,100 crore from nearly 5crore investors that it was

asked to refund along with

promised returns, interest pay-out and other charges, which

take the total amount due tomore than ~55,000 crore. SEBI

has attached all bank anddemat accounts and mutual

funds folios of the defaulters with immediate effect.

PACL was operatingschemes where money was

pooled in from investors who were promised a return.

SEBI had earlier rejected the

claim by PACL that it wasmore of a land developer.

SEBI did not find merit inthe arguments and said no

transfer of property took place.The recovery proceedings

have been initiated againstPACL Ltd, as also its promot-

ers and directors – TarlochanSingh, Sukhdev Singh,

Gurmeet Singh, Subrata Bhat-tacharya, Nirmal Singh Bhan-

goo, Tyger Joginder, Gurnam

Singh, Anand Gurwant Singhand Uppal Devinder Kumar.

SEBI attaches assets of Pearls Agro over ~60,000 cr default

Failure to repay investors■PACL had raised ~49,100 crore from nearly 5 crore investors

■SEBI had last year directed that PACL was not authorisedto raise money and ordered it to wind up schemes, andrefund money to the investors within three months

■On its failure to refund the money, SEBI on Mondayinitiated recovery proceedings against the firm

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SarbjitDhaliwalTribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 14

Hundreds of policemen will

be out on the streets of

Bathinda and Patiala as prin-cipal political players sound

the poll bugle, almost a yearahead of the Assembly elec-

tions. On all counts, the day will mark the beginning of

an interesting round of polit-ical boxing.

With his field command-ers, Capt Amarinder Singh,

who will assume charge asthe Punjab Congress presi-

dent tomorrow, has reached

Bathinda to begin a freshinnings of the electoral bat-

tle against the Badals, who will be challenging him at a

short distance from his royalpalace in Patiala.

In the past, the state has witnessed unending verbal

duels between Congressand Shiromani Akali Dal

leaders, but it is perhaps thefirst time that the war of

political rallies has begun tooutdo each other.

Capt Amarinder and theBadals have fought many

bitter political battles in thepast and the latest one is

expected to be equallyfierce in view of high politi-

cal stakes on both sides.The AAP will also test the

political waters tomorrow byholding protest dharnas at

13 district headquarters.Radical groups will hold a

bhog ceremony tomorrow at Bargari, near Kotkapura,

as mark of two months of the killing of two youths in

police firing at BehbalKalan village.

In a way, almost the entirestate will be involved in the

political churning tomorrow and the official machinery

will be on its toes to maintainlaw and order.

Though the political quake will be epicentred in Malwa

region — politically the mostsignificant area — its tremors

will be felt across the state. With the Assembly polls

two years away, peopleexpect the leaders to put

forth their political agenda.Related reports on p3

Akalis, Congress lock horns today Cops stretched with big rallies in Patiala, Bathinda | AAP too plans protests

Security men in action during the final rehearsal of security arrangements

on the eve of SAD’s rally in Patiala on Monday.PHOTO: RAJESH SACHAR

Power-packed Tuesday ■Capt Amarinder Singh will

assume charge as the PunjabCongress chief in Bathinda

■ Akalis will hold a mega rally inPatiala, Capt Amarinder’shometown

■ The Aam Aadmi Party willhold protest dharnas at 13district headquarters

■Radical groups, including theSAD (A) led by SimranjitSingh Mann, will hold a bhog ceremony at Bargari to marktwo months of the killing of two youths in police firing

NATION

‘Uninvited’ Chandy rocks LS

A massive political furore brokeout in the Lok Sabha on Mon-

day over Kerala CM Oomen

Chandy's last minute exclusion

from an event PM Narendra

Modi is scheduled to attend in

Kollam on Tuesday.

GST Bill remains stuckThe government's third attempt

to engage the Congress on the

Goods and Services Tax Bill end-

ed inconclusively on Monday

with the two sides agreeing on a

structured dialogue later and

the principal opposition party

arguing that Parliament was not

about passing a single law. P7

WORLD

West for peace in YemenAlarmed by the rise of Islamic

State, under pressure from the

West and with stalemate on the

battlefield, Yemen's civil war

foes are expected to launch

their most serious peace efforts

so far at UN-mediated talks in

Geneva starting on Tuesday.P15

BACK PAGE

Malabar drills: China upsetReacting sharply to India’s

move of including Japan in the

Indo-US Malabar naval exercis-

es, China on Monday said, “It is

hopeful Tokyo will not provoke

confrontation and heighten ten-

sions in the region.”

INSIDE

Move to derail talks

■ The move is seen as a setback to the goodwill earned justa few days ago in Islamabad

■ India has consistently maintained that the Hurriyat cannotbe treated as a third party to the talks

■ The Pakistani envoy has attempted to bring the spotlightback on Kashmir in the Indo-Pak dialogue

A delegation sent by Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Geelani (R) held a

meeting with Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit (L) on Monday.

We’ll talk only PoK, says Indian envoy ■Ahead of the Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary-level talks next

month, Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan T CARaghavan on Monday said India would “discuss Kash-mir which is under the illegal occupation of Pakistan”

■ “The first application to the UN was moved by Indiaand it was on the grounds that a part of the state,which had acceded to India, is now under the illegaloccupation of the Pakistan army,” he said

■ In the broader sense, he said Kashmir would be partof talks with Pakistan. “So when you say what is it thatIndia is going to discuss, it is the part of that statewhich is still under the control of Pakistan,” he said PTI


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GS PaulTribune News Service

Amritsar, December 14

The management of theUAE gurdwara, where an

amended ‘ardas’ was recit-ed recently, today apolo-

gised to the Akal Takht.Surjit Singh, president

of Awir Gurdwara Sahib,

Dubai, emailed the clarifi-cation and the apology to

the Akal Takht, adding theblunder was committed in

his absence.

The matter was discussedat a meeting of the Takht

heads at the Akal TakhtSecretariat today. Several

intellectuals were also

invited to the meeting todeliberate over the issue.

Later, the Takht headsdecided to place the matter

under consideration. Thefinal call will be taken in

the next meeting.

In today’s meeting, bar-

ring Takht Sri Hazur SahibJathedar Giani KulwantSingh or any of his repre-

sentatives, Akal Takht

Jathedar Giani GurbachanSingh, Takht Sri Keshgarh

Sahib Jathedar Giani MalSingh, Takht Sri Patna

Sahib Jathedar Giani IqbalSingh and Takht

Damdama Sahib’s actingJathedar Giani Gurmukh

Singh were present.

Akal Takht Jathedar Giani

Gurbachan Singh said theyhad received the apologyand that the decision would

be taken in the next meet-

ing of the Takht heads.The UAE gurdwara had

landed itself in a controver-sy recently after an

“amended ardas” was recit-ed there. Priests at the gur-

dwara reportedly madesome changes in the first

line and the concluding

part of the ardas.

The “amended ardas” wasperformed at a programmeheld in November, when for-

mer Akal Takht Jathedar

Prof Darshan Singh, who was ex-communicated for his

alleged utterances against aSikh Guru, was there to

preach religious ethics.

Taking cognisance of it, the Akal Takht jathedar had

called up an emergency meet-ing of Takht heads and also

invited several intellectuals todeliberate over the issue.

Meanwhile, in view of the

discrimination againstSikhs in the US, the UK and

other Western countries,the Akal Takht has directed

the constitutionally elected

Sikh representatives inoverseas governments to

spread awareness about theSikh religion in schools, col-

leges and universities.

In another case related toformer Hazoori Raagi of

Golden Temple BalbirSingh over his alleged visit

to Ashutosh Maharaj’s dera

Divya Jyoti JagritiSansthan, the Takht heads

formed a three-member

committee. It will submit areport to the Akal Takhtregarding the matter and

the final decision would be

taken in the next meeting of the Takht heads.

Amended ardas: UAE gurdwaramgmt apologises to Akal Takht

Raj SadoshOur Correspondent

Abohar, December 14

Not satisfied with the policeprobe into the reported

killing of Dalit youth BhimTank and attack on Gurjant

Singh at a farmhouse, the

National Commission forScheduled Castes has sum-

moned state ADGP (crime)and Principal Secretary

(home) to New Delhi onDecember 17. The farm-

house belonged to Akali

leader and liquor baronShiv Lal Doda.

Commission Vice-Chair-man Dr Raj Kumar Verka

today held an inquiry after

examining the preliminaryreport. He also held a closed-

door meeting with DIG AmarChahal, SSP Inder Mohan

Bhatti and Deputy Commis-

sioner Ravinder Singh at theCanal Rest House. The offi-

cials submitted the status

report to Verka. Verka later told the mediathat though one person had

been held, the key accused

was at large. SAD MP SherSingh Ghubaya and local

MLA Sunil Jakhar told Ver-ka that they were not satis-

fied with the police action.

The barbaric act of criminalshas also rocked Parliament.

The Dalits too are shocked

over the brutal attack.“If the ADGP and theHome Secretary do not file

a satisfactory action-taken-

report by December 17, thecommission may advise the

government to hand overthe investigation to the

CBI,” said Verka. He later

went to Bhim Tank’s resi-dence in Sant Nagar to con-

sole the family.

Amar Singh Chahal, DIG,said Vicky Sharma, one of the accused, was today

nabbed in Sriganganagar

and that others too wouldbe arrested within a day or

so. He claimed that the vic-tims and the accused had a

criminal record. “There is

no evidence that this was acaste conflict. Twenty police

parties have been mobilised

to carry out raids in neigh-bouring states,” he said.Ghubaya, along with BJP

Mahila Morcha former pres-

ident Vijay Luxmi Bhadoo,also visited the victim’s

family and condemned thebrutal act.

Unhappy with probe, Verka summons ADGP, Principal Secretary to Delhi

ArchitWattsTribune News Service

Channu (Lambi), December 14

Twelve-year-old Arshdeep

Kaur, who was crushedunder a New Deep Bus on

Friday evening, was not

the first one to have beeninvolved in an accident

with the transpor t firm’s vehicle. A few residen ts of

Channu village have been

injured in mishaps involv-ing New Deep buses.

Village residents allegedover two months ago, a boy

of their village fracturedhis leg in a road mishap.

“A surgery was done and

doctors placed a rod in hisleg, which cost him a lot of

money. But he was paid acompensation of only Rs

10,000. Since then, he is

unable to walk normally.However, New Deep Trans-

port Company gave him a job in the com pany later,”

alleged a resident.Some village residents

also alleged, “Around 18-19

years ago, a youth was

crushed under a New DeepTransport bus. Though the

aggrieved family was

promised a relief of Rs 2lakh, they were not given

even a single penny.”On a New Deep Trans-

port buses being driven

rashly, company ownerDimpy Dhillon said, “Peo-

ple make such accusa-tions after every unfortu-

nate incident. Why don’tthey complain to us whenthey notice a bus being

driven rashly?”

New Deep buses claimedother lives too: Villagers

Takht heads will decide over the matter in the next meeting

The controversy

■ The UAE gurdwara had landed itself in controversyrecently after an "amended ardas" was recited there

■Priests at the gurdwara reportedly made some changesin the first line and the concluding part of the ardas

Sikh high priests in Amritsar on Monday.PHOTO: RK SONI

ABOHAR ATTACK

Abohar youth stable: Docs

Amrit

s

ar: Doctors at a private hospital heresay Gurjant Singh, alias Janta, who wasreportedly attacked by armed assailants ata farmhouse in Abohar, was stable. Doctorshave performed around three surgeries onJanta, who is currently admitted to theintensive care unit. — TNS

Doda terrorising us, say Dalits

Ab

oh

ar: Hundreds of Dalits, who assembled inSant Nagar here Monday, complained toNational Commission for Scheduled CastesVice-Chairman Dr Raj Kumar Verka that liquorbaron and Akali leader Shiv Lal Doda was terror-ising them. They alleged hundreds of outsiderswere brought in to intimidate them. — OC

Congress leader Sunil Jakhar and SC panel Vice-Chairman Raj Kumar Verka in Abohar on Monday.TRIBUNE PHOTO

Channu mishap: SAD leaders’ buses have a free run on roads

Buses change route

After a New Deep Transportbus was allegedly torchedby a mob on Friday night,

company buses travelling between Gidderbaha andLambi have changed theirroute. “Not even a singleNew Deep bus passedthrough Channu villageafter the incident. Theyhave opted for anotherroute,” said a resident of Channu village, preferring anonymity.

BharatKhanna Tribune News Service

Mansa, December 14

Not just the common masses,

but politicians also complain of the rashly driven buses report-

edly belonging to SAD leaders.

Pawan Kumar Jain, president of BJP Sardulgarh unit, along

with his relatives, got injured when a Jujhar Transport Bus

allegedly hit their car on July 19.

Their car fell into a dry drain onTalwandi Bhai and Mudki Road

in Ferozepur. Jujhar TransportCompany is owned by Deputy

Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal’sconfidant Gurdip Singh. He

also runs the Fastway Cable

Network in the state.The state has about 5,000

private buses with over 70 percent of these owned directly

or indirectly by politicians.

Nearly 2,500 buses are run bythe Punjab Roadways and the

PRTC. The Ferozepur policerecorded their statements

after Jain filed a complaint with the State Human RightsCommission on October 21.

“I ran from pillar to post to

get a complaint registered

against the bus driver whohit our car. The bus

remained under the posses-sion of the local police for

two days, but in vain.”

Jain said others who gotinjured in the mishap were

Dipasu Jain, Ramesh Jain,Lakhwinder Singh, Jaswant

Singh and Rajinder Singh.

Ferozepur SSP HardyalMann wasn't aware of any

such case. However, HardevSingh, ASI, in charge, Mud-

ki police station, said theycould not record the vic-tims' statements as they

couldn't find them.

Justice eludes BJP leader Jain hit by Jujhar bus

The incident

■Pawan Kumar Jain, BJPSardulgarh unit chief,along with his relatives,

got injured when a JujharTransport Bus allegedlyhit their car on July 19

■ Their car fell into a drydrain in Ferozepur

■ To date, the bus driverhas not been booked


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ManmeetSingh GillTribune News Service

Goindwal Sahib (Tarn

Taran), December 14

On eve of SAD’s counter rallyin Patiala, CM Parkash Singh

Badal today said the party’sdecision to hold the rally at for-

mer CM Capt AmarinderSingh’s hometown was

because they had given a miss

to the area during its series of “sadbhavna” rallies. Deputy

CM, however, said the rally wasan attack on Captain’s fort,

which would mark the end of

the Congress in state. The two were addressing a “sadbhav-

na” rally at Khadoor Sahib.The SAD launched a frontal

attack on Congress leaders,especially the Gandhi family

and Capt Amarinder Singh.Badal accused the Congress

of backing radicals at Novem-ber 10 Sarbat Khalsa and

called the party the “numberone enemy of Sikhs”.

Badal slams Cong for ‘backing’ radicals

From left: Dy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal, Food and Civil Supplies

Minister Adesh Partap Singh Kairon and CM Parkash Singh

Badal at Goindwal Sahib on Monday. PHOTO: VISHAL KUMAR

Aman SoodTribune News Service

Patiala, December 14

More than 5,000 policemenhave been deputed in and

around the venue — Civil Avia-tion Club Complex — for

SAD’s Tuesday rally even asCongress leaders cried foul

over not getting ample security

for the party rally in Bathinda.Instructions have been

issued to lower-rung policemennot to allow people wearing

“black socks, shirts and tur-

bans” into the venue to quellanti-government protests.

Sources say around 500policemen in civvies will be

present inside the venue to pre-

vent people from raising “anti-government slogans”. Addi-

tional forces have beensummoned from Mohali, San-

grur and Barnala, while thepolicemen from Nawanshahr

have been kept on standby.

“Metal detectors have beeninstalled at over two dozen entry

exit gates to ensure those comingfor the rally are not harassed,”

said sources. More than 1,800policemen have been deputed

for traffic duty in the town.

Gurdeep Singh MannTribune News Service

Bathinda, December 14

A day before the Congress rallyat Goniana Road, Bathinda

Senior Superintendent of PoliceSwapan Sharma said the securi-

ty cover for Congress leaders

was in keeping with the protocoland was under “Z” category.

While extra police force was called in for the “sadb-

havna” rally of SAD a few days ago, the SSP said there

was no need for the same for

the Congress rally.

Congress district presidentMohan Lal Jhumba saidthere appeared to be no

issues pertaining to the secu-

rity or traffic for the rally. “Wehave roped in young party

activists from nearby Bathin-da, Mansa, Muktsar and San-

grur districts for the smooth

flow of traffic,” said Jhumba. While the police refused to

reveal the exact number of policemen deployed, Jhumba

said around 500 policemen hadbeen put on duty.

Bathinda Deputy Inspector

General Ranbir Singh Khattraand the SSP visited the rally

venue and held meetings withsenior police functionaries.

“We are only maintaining

the protocol of providing secu-rity in view of the Z security

cover to Congress leaders who will participate in the rally,”

said the SSP after interacting

with Congress workers.Rajan Garg, son of former

Punjab Minister Chiranji LalGarg, said despite pressure

tactics adopted by the PunjabGovernment and influencing

transporters, the Congress

would gather a large numberof supporters for the rally.

“We have asked party workers to arrange private

vehicles in view of the pres-

sure on transporters by thestate government not to pro-

vide buses for the Congressrally,” he alleged.

Security protocol followedfor Cong rally, say police

Senior police officers inspect

the SAD rally venue in Patiala

on Monday. RAJESH SACHAR

Wary of protesters, 5,000copsman ‘fortress’ Patiala

SAD-CONG SHOWDOWN TODAY:Sukhbir, Capt look to upstage one another with rallies on rivals' home turf

SanjeevSingh Bariana Tribune News Service

Bathinda, December 14

Adorning the role of a reformist

in perhaps his last political bat-

tle before hanging his boots,PPCC president Capt

Amarinder Singh, in an exclu-sive interview to The Tribune

on eve of his coronation, saidhis biggest concern remained

ensuring “meaningful educa-

tion” for the youth to get them jobs and “delivering” on the

promises during the final termas president of the state unit.

“I realised at least one gener-

ation had lost out on goodcareers because of abysmally

poor education system. A majority of them is unem-

ployed. Negligible pass per-

centage at the class XII level,particularly in science streams

at government schools, reflectsthe sorry state of affairs.”

“It would be a Herculean taskto redeem the situation in the

state. The Akalis have

destroyed Punjab almost

beyond redemption,” he said, while referring to the debt fig-ures of over Rs 1.25 lakh crore.

On Congress men participat-

ing in the Sarbat Khalsa rally,he said: “Our leaders went in

personal capacity as Sikhs...Sukhbir played a big role in

misdirecting the movement.”

On coronationeve, Capt batsfor more jobs

Protesters to stay away ■Protesting teachers, farmers and otherunions have decided notto align with any politicalparty and stay away fromthe Bathinda rally

■Members of the Con-gress’ organising com-mittee hoped they wouldgarner one lakh people for Capt AmarinderSingh’s ‘Badlav Rally’

■Congress’ Malwa in-charge Gurpreet Singh

Kangar said party sup-porters from eight dis-tricts — Bathinda,Mansa, Muktsar, Farid-kot, Moga, Ferozepur,Fazilka and Barnala —will be present at the rally

— NIKHILA PANT DHAWAN

.

Town draped in yellow

SAD has put up hoardingsand posters in party's yel-low colour across the town.

Cabinet Minister SurjitRakhra said 130 to 150buses from various con-stituencies in Patiala wereexpected to bring in 50,000people to the venue. WhileCM Parkash Singh Badalhas reached the town,Deputy CM Sukhbir Badalwill land on Punjabi Univer-sity campus on Tuesday

‘Laddoos’ for Badals

Capt Amarinder Singh hasdeputed an officer to delivera special gift of ‘laddoos’ anda bouquet of fresh flowers tothe Badals, who are slated tohold a rally in Patiala onTuesday. The Congressleader had last week said hewould welcome the Badalsto Patiala with sweets

Swaraj Lehar: Ralliesa waste of resourcesChandigarh, December 14

AAP breakaway faction

Swaraj Lehar today con-

demned the scheduled SADand Congress rallies on

Tuesday, calling it politics of "muscle power".

In a press release, Prof Manjit

Singh, convener of SwarajLehar, said the competition

between different political par-

ties to gather crowds in their ral-lies was nothing but a show of

muscle power and reminisced

of feudal states. He said it notonly took the attention away

from the real issues of Punjab,but also amounted to waste of

resources. He said the money

required to organise such mas-sive rallies threw smaller par-

ties out of the race. TNSThe venue of Congress rally in Bathinda.PAWAN SHARMA

Capt Amarinder Singh in Bathinda


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THE TRIBUNE04 CHANDIGARH | TUESDAY | 15 DECEMBER 2015PUNJAB

Saurabh Malik

Tribune News ServiceChandigarh, December 14

The Punjab and Haryana

High Court has made it clearthat it was imperative for

authorities concerned to con-sider claims of 1984 anti-Sikh

riot victims in a time-boundmanner, if benefit under the

government policies has not

been granted to them.This comes on a petition

filed by Sat Pal Singhagainst Punjab and other

respondents. In his petition

before the Bench of JusticeSurya Kant and Justice Hari

Pal Verma, Sat Pal Singh hadsought directions to the

respondents for allotment of

a booth site to him on theplea that he was a riot victim.

Appearing before the Bench,

his counsel added the peti-tioner was entitled to suchallotment under various gov-

ernment polices.

Taking up the matter, theBench referred to High

Court decisions in the case of Kuljit Singh and others ver-

sus Punjab and another; and

The Greater Mohali AreaDevelopment Authority ver-

sus Kuljit Singh and others.“Needless to say that firstly

the respondent-authorities

are required to determine

whether the petitioner is a

bona fide riot-affected per-

son and whether any redcard has been issued to him

in recognition of such status?“The second issue that

would arise for determina-

tion is whether any suchbenefit — allotment of resi-

dential or commercial site— has been extended to the

petitioner or his family at a

concession in accordance with the government poli-

cies they being the riot-

affected person?“Suffice to observe that if the petitioner is a riot victim

and no benefit under the gov-

ernment policies, referred toby this court in the decisions,

has been granted to him, it isimperative upon the authori-

ties to consider such claim in

a time-bound manner,” theBench added.

Disposing of the writ peti-tion, the Bench directed to

Mohali Deputy Commission-

er to determine the petition-

er’s entitlement in the light

of the decisions before tak-

ing an appropriate decisionin accordance with law and

government policies. For thepurpose, the High Court set

a four-month deadline.

Nearly three decades afterthen Prime Minister Indira

Gandhi’s assassination ledto riots, the High Court had

earlier made divisional

commissioner of each dis-trict responsible for decid-

ing claim cases and ordered

the constitution of a com-mittee to decide appeals.

Disposing of a bunch of petitions filed by the riot vic-

tims, the High Court saidthe committee would decide

appeals of victims unsatis-fied with the Divisional

Commissioners’ decision.

The committee would beheaded by Financial Com-

missioner (Revenue), and will have as its members

Secretary Housing and Sec-

retary Expenditure.

Authorities must consider'84 riots victims’ claims: HC

Gagandeep Singh &

Ashok Kaura Tribune News Service

Jalandhar/Phagwara, Dec 1 4

The Phagwara police today

detained a youth for

allegedly posting a publicinvite on Facebook for a

“blood donation camp” tobe organised in the memo-

ry of gangster SukhaKahlwan on January 21.

Kahlwan was allegedly shot

dead by a rival gang at PaddiKhalsa village near Phag-

wara on January 21 this year when he was being taken to a

Nabha jail after the hearing

in a Jalandhar court. He wasreportedly facing more than

40 cases of murder, dacoityand robbery in Punjab,

Haryana and Rajasthan.Phagwara DSP Manpreet

Singh Dhillon said they

had detained Preet, a resi-dent of Daddal Mohala,

Phagwara, and investiga-tion was on to identify oth-

er supporters of Sukha.

The camp invite was post-ed on the Facebook account

of “Sukha Kahlon SharpShooter” on December 12.

It said: “We are going toorganise a mela (fair) in the

memory of Sukha Kahlwan.

It is an open invitation forall to visit at the mela.”

The post further reads:“A blood donation camp

will be organised at Har-

gobind Nagar, Phagwara,on January 21 to mark the

first death anniversary of Sukha Kahlwan. It is being

organised for the welfareof humanity.”

Youth detained for

pro-gangster FB post

Balwant GargTribune News Service

Faridkot, December 14

The evaluation of answerscripts of more than 3 lakh

students of medical, dental,pharmacology, physiothera-

py and nursing colleges, affil-

iated to the Baba Farid Uni- versity of Health Sciences

(BFUHS), will soon go digital.The BFUHS has decided to

introduce a digital examina-tion system to check paper

leaks and tampering with

answersheets. According tothe new system, question

papers will be e-transferredto examination centres min-

utes before the start of

examinations.The e-transfer of

question papersand digital evalua-

tion will help curb

paper leaks andtampering with answer

scripts, said Raj Bahadur,

Vice-Chancellor, BFUHS.The BFUHS will be thefirst medical university in

North and the second in the

country to implement thesystem of digital evaluation

of answersheets. The RajivGandhi University of Health

Sciences (RGUHS) in Kar-

nataka, the first medical university in the country to

implement this system, hasroped an agency to provide

technological support for the

digital examination system.

Sources in theBFUHS said under

the new system,answer scripts would be

scanned by the software

provider and uploaded onthe system for evaluation on

the same day after the exam.

According to the new sys-tem, every answer script will be allotted a barcode, an

optical machine-readable

representation of the rollnumber, so that the evalua-

tor cannot identify the stu-dent, they said.

While every answer scripts

will undergoes evaluation with two evaluators, but a

third evaluator will come in if the difference of marks

awarded by the two evaluators

is of more than 15 marks.

Soon, evaluation atBFUHS to go digital

Manish SirhindiTribune News Service

Patiala, December 14

The Punjab Governmenthas communicated its in-

approval to the Ministry of Power (MoP) to join Ujwal

Discom Assurance Yojana(UDAY) for financial

restructuring of the state

power corporation. The gov-ernment had earlier turned

down two bailout packagesoffered by the Centre in the

past 13 years to rescue pow-

er distributions companiesof the heavy debt burden.

The Centre had recentlycleared a rescue plan for

loss-making state electrici-

ty distribution companies(discoms) under UDAY and

the state had stepped for- ward to accept the same to

tackle the rising debt of state power utilities.

Sources said Punjab was

the seventh state to accept

the bailout package. While remedies suggested

in the package would be dif-

ficult for the state govern-

ment to implement in view of the Assembly elections

scheduled in 2017 since itinvolves increasing power

tariffs, the government still

went ahead and accepted

the scheme in view of therising debts, which report-edly stood at Rs 19,809 crore

last year.

Under the plan, the state will have to take over 75 per

cent of the debts of the pow-er corporation in the next

two years, with 50 per cent

by the end of March 2016.

The cost of the takeover willnot be factored in for thestates’ Fiscal Responsibili-

ty and Budget Management

(FRBM) limits for the cur-rent fiscal and the next.

The state will have thefacility of a concessional

interest rate of about 9 per

cent in servicing the loans,compared to the present 13-

14 per cent interest rate on

outstanding debt. The state will issue bonds at 0.5 per

cent to generate additionalfunds.

Sources said billing effi-ciency in Punjab was

around 83 per cent, revenue

collection efficiency 99 percent and Aggregate Techni-

cal and Commercial (AT&C)losses around 18 per cent.

In case the state is able to

bring down AT&C losses to10 per cent by 2018-19, the

saving would be around Rs2,500 crore.

The sources said besides

improving the financialhealth of the discoms, the

bailout package also aimedat streamlining operational

efficiencies and reduce

interest burden along withcost of power and AT&C

losses to help power compa-

nies perk up their finances.The Union power minister

in his recent statement had

stated all banks with expo-

sure to discoms were fullyparticipating in the scheme.

He had also congratulatedand welcomed Punjab in

UDAY scheme.

Badal govt agrees to Centre’sbailout package for discoms

Amaninder PalTribune News Service


Yuvraj and Khali are the

names which every state would love to flaunt. Howev-

er, these names are proving

headache to the Punjab Gov-ernment, at least at the ani-

mal husbandry front.These are the names of

those bulls, who have wonprizes amounting several

lakhs in various livestock

fairs held in North in pastseveral years.

But what is troubling thestate Animal Husbandry

Department is the fact that

several private veterinaryquacks are fleecing small

dairy farmers by sellingsemen straws, stating them

to be semen of prize-winningbulls— “Yuvraj” and “Khali”.

For the past several

decades, the state is aspiring

to develop high milk-yieldingbreeds of Murrah and Neeli

Raavi buffaloes by usingsemen of some superior

bulls, who are either reared instate-run bull farms or by

authorised bodies or firms.

The Animal Husbandry

Department favours that veterinarians should pre-

scribe semen of such supe-rior bulls only and artificial

insemination (AI) should beconducted on buffalos in

compliance of the state’s

breeding policy, which pre-

scribes the particular typeof semen to specific buffa-

lo’s species.Dr HS Sandha, director,

Animal Husbandry Depart-ment, said, “Selling semen

straw using names of popu-

lar bulls is prevalent in the

state. But, so far, there is nolaw whereby we can ban

this practice. Now, we aredrafting a policy to curb it. ”

A senior veterinary officer,

requesting anonymity, said,“The prize-winning bulls

may be genetically superiortoo. But, there should be

some authority that cancheck whether the semen

being sold in Punjab villages

is actually of these bulls.” Admitting gravity of the

problem, the departmenthad in 2012-13 even consti-

tuted teams of veterinary

officers in each district anddirected them to seize the

“unauthorised” semen beingsold by private players. How-

ever, the drive lost its vigourafter the department had

seized semen straws near

Bhawanigarh town of San-

grur district that year.“There is a lacuna in the

Livestock Promotion Act,1953, which doesn’t bar pri-

vate players from selling

semen of their bulls for AI,”said, Dr Ashok Sharma,

president, State VeterinaryOfficers’ Association.

Karanvir Singh, who owns

popular “Yuvraj” bull, said, “Iknow demand of Yuvraj’s

semen is high in Punjab. Butit is sad that quacks in Punjab

are selling inferior stuff byusing Yuvraj’s name. Straws

carrying Yuvraj’s semen bear

his and my name along withcertification by an authorised

laboratory. I advise dairyfarmers to keep empty straws

with them after AI conductedon their buffalos.”

State helpless as vet quacks turn ‘Yuvraj’, ‘Khali’ into cash cowBULL SEMEN SALE Dairy farmers fleeced in absence of law; draft policy to curb practice on cards


In a judgment that will helpchange the way insurance

companies contest awardspassed by the Motor Acci-

dent Claims Tribunals, the

high court has asked them to“give a serious thought”

before filing petitions.It asked insurers to settle dis-

putes instead of wasting mon-ey and energy on petitions san

merit. The advice by Justice

Surinder Gupta came on a“first appeal against orders”

passed by Oriental InsuranceCompany Limited against

Suman and other respondents.

It had challenged the com-pensation of ~4.7 lakh award-

ed by the claims tribunal inthe death of a minor in an

accident. “It is unfortunate

that the insurance firms arespending their energy in fil-

ing appeals in such cases

and thereby, adding to theirexpenses instead of settlingdisputes,” the court said.

“Though the right of an

insurance firm to file anappeal cannot be taken away

in any case, being in the pub-lic service and in the interest

of society, the insurers are

required to give a seriousthought while spending pub-

lic money on such litigation,”Justice Gupta said. He said

the appeal was lacking merit

and was dismissed. — TNS

Don’t file pleassans merit, HCtells insurers



The Punjab and Haryana

High Court today sum-

moned Excise and TaxationCommissioners of Punjab

and Haryana for thealleged failure of the

authorities concerned to

stop the functioning of liquor vends along the

highways in both states.

The two officers have beenasked to appear in personbefore the high court on

December 21. They are

expected to explain whyliquor vends continue to

function along the highwaysdespite court directions.

As the petition filed in pub-

lic interest by ArriveSafeSociety through its presi-

dent Harman Singh Sidhucame up for the resumed

hearing today, the Bench

headed by Justice A K Mittal

passed the orders after goingthrough media reports on

liquor vends along the highways running in violations of

the directions. The Bench

observed that a welfarestate should not be so

adamant in implementingthe court directions issued

for public cause.

Taking a dig at the PunjabGovernment for considera-

tions other than road safety,

the high court, on the previ-ous date of hearing, had verbally asked it to open

liquor vend in the state sec-

retariat. It had satiricallyobserved a vend in the sec-

retariat would help the gov-ernment generate revenue

during the lunch time.

The HC had earlier direct-ed the Punjab Excise and

taxation Commissioner tofile an affidavit that there

were no vends in violation

of its orders.

State, Haryana excisechiefs summoned

IN THE HIGH COURT

What it means

■Punjab has given its approval to allow financialrestructuring of state power corporation under theUjwal Discom Assurance Yojana

■ The state will have to take over 75% of the debts of thepower crop in the next two years, with 50% by the endof March 2016

■ It will have the facility of a concessional interest rate of 9 per cent in servicing the loans, compared to the pres-ent 13-14% on outstanding debt

■ It will issue bonds at 0.5% to generate additional fund

FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING

■The state is aspiring to develop highmilk-yielding breeds of Murrah andNeeli Raavi buffaloes by using semen of superior bulls

■These bulls are either reared instate-run bull farms or by autho-rised bodies/firms

■ The Animal Husbandry Depart-ment favours that veterinariansshould prescribe semen of suchsuperior bulls only and artificialinsemination should be conduct-ed on buffalos in compliance of the state's breeding policy

Govt eyes high milk-yielding breeds

The hi-tech plan

■Question papers will be e-transferred to examinationcentres minutes beforethe start of examinations

■Answer scripts will bescanned by the softwareprovider and uploadedon the system for evalua-tion on the same dayafter the exam

■Every answersheet willbe allotted a barcode, anoptical machine-read-able representation of the roll number, so thatthe evaluator cannotidentify the student

.

Take time-bound action

❝If the petitioner is a riot victim and no benefitunder the government policies, referred to by thiscourt in the decisions, has been granted to him, it isimperative upon the authorities to consider suchclaim in a time-bound manner❞

An HC Bench

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FATEHGARH SAHIB

Patiala DC gets addl chargePatiala DC Varun Roojam took

over the additional charge of

Fatehgarh Sahib DC on Sunday

as DC Kamal Deep Sangha has

gone for training for two

months. Roojam met district

officials and took stock of

Saheedi Jor Mela preparations.

FATEHGARH SAHIB

National Lok Adalat

Around 11,000 cases related tomatrimonial disputes, accident

claims, etc., were disposed of at

a National Lok Adalat held in the

district. Sanjiv Berry, District &

Sessions Judge-cum-Chairman,

DLSA, presided over the event.

TARN TARAN

5 held, 2kg heroin seizedThe police arrested five robbers

of the Sonu Kangla gang from

Kallha village near Tarn Taran.

Lok Nath Angra, IG (border), said

the police seized two kg heroin,

four pistols, 33 cartridges, ~8

lakh, one car and a motorcycle

from their possession. They

have been identified as Bhupin-

der Singh, alias Sonu Kangla,

Kuldeep Singh, Rajbir Singh,

Sajan Piddi and Manav Mana.

FATEHGARH SAHIB

I-T conferenceThe Income Tax Department

urged the representatives of vari-

ous trades to pay more advance

tax and expand the tax base at a

conference. Pardeep Goyal,

Assistant Commissioner,

Income Tax, attended the event.

LIQUOR VENDS ON HIGHWAYS

A liquor vend being set up under a tin shed in violation of the

rules on the Chandigarh highway.TRIBUNE FILE PHOTO

SarbjitDhaliwalTribune News Service


With the 10th MinisterialConference of WTO sched-

uled to begin in Nairobi

tomorrow, various farmerorganisations are lobbying

the Modi Government toprotect their interests.

Agriculture is on top of theagenda at the WTO meet since

many related issues have

been hanging fire for years inthe absence of consensus. The

WTO meeting will continuetill December 18.

The developed countries

such as the US are not pre-pared to cut subsidies to

farmers, but on the otherhand, it is pressing the devel-

oping countries to do away

with even small governmentsupport extended to farmers.

A lobby of developedcountries, led by the US,

has been urging the devel-oping countries to with-

draw domestic support

such as minimum support

price on foodgrain. Theyalso demand that thedeveloping countries open

their markets for them.

The developed countriesalso want that tax conces-

sions, credit, etc., given tofarmers and traders export-

ing foodgrain be done away

with. The burning issues at

the Nairobi meet are likelyto be public stockholding

and the Special SafeguardMechanism (SSM) that is

yet to be set up.

Countries like India main-tain a huge buffer stock of

foodgrain for thepublic distribu-

tion system,

emergencies andstabilisation of

price level. However, devel-oped countries are not only

opposing the procurement

of such buffer stockthrough MSP, but are also

against foodgrain beingstocked by the government.

Developed countries sayholding public stock was

against the spirit of free mar-

ket and the philosophy of the

WTO. Hence, it should bedone away with because itcreates distortions in inter-

national free trade.

Under the peace clause, asof now, countries like India

are allowed to maintainpublic stockholding for

food security. It has been

felt that scrapping mini-

mum support price system would lead to exploitation

of the farming community.

The US and other developedcounties are also opposing the

SSM favoured by most devel-oping countries. India wants

that the SSM proposalbe given top priority at

the meeting. Under the

SSM, developing coun-tries will get the right to

raise the duties on the importof foodgrain to prevent a fall in

domestic market price and to

protect the interest of farmers.The Bharti Kisan Union,

led by Balbir Rajewal, andanother faction, led by

Ajmer Lakhowal, have

urged the Centre to protectthe interests of farmers at

the WTO meet. They have

also sent a four-memberdelegation, led by BKUleader Rakesh Tikait, to the

WTO meet in Nairobi.

Lakhowal said his organi-sation would watchthe pro-

ceedings and alert farmersin case India compromise

on any of the issues.

Protect our interests at WTO: Farmers to Centre

What developed nations oppose

■The procurement of buffer stock

■ The special safeguard mechanism, which lets develop-ing countries raise the import duty on foodgrain to pre-vent a fall in domestic price


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As pertechnical

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30,000/- -do-

49. Integrated maternal andfetal intrapartum monitor

02 Nos. 30,000/- -do-

50. LED Phototherapy unitsfor neonatal jaundice

35 Nos. 48,000/- -do-

Kalyan named Hafed chief Chandigarh, December 14

The Haryana Gov-

ernment hasappointed MLA

Harvinder Kalyan as

chairman of theHaryana State Co-

operative Supply andMarketing Federa-

tion Limited (Hafed).

He said special focus would be laid on manage-

ment of purchase, market-

ing and processing of agri-culture and allied

products. Kalyansaid Hafed was

popular in domes-

tic and interna-tional markets due

to its safe con-sumer products

and promised to

make efforts to give a new direction to the organisa-

tion. — TNS

Harvinder Kalyan

Pradeep Sharma Tribune News Service


Following in the footsteps

of the previous Hooda gov-ernment, the BJP govern-

ment led by Manohar LalKhattar has splurged

around Rs 17 crore on thepublicity blitzkrieg in the

print and electronic media

as part of completion of itsone year in the office.

While an sum of around Rs6 crore was spent on func-

tions organised for the chief

minister and his ministerialcolleagues to publicise the

first BJP government’s“achievements”, about Rs

4.25 crore was spent on strip

advertisements in variousnewspapers, documents pro-

cured by Panipat-based RTIactivist PP Kapoor show.

Besides the print media,the electronic media was giv-

en advertisement worth

about Rs 4.3 crore. An

amount of Rs 1.47 crore wasspent on financing 28 videofilms prepared to publicise

state government’s “achieve-

ments” under the tagline “ek varsh sarvatra harsh” (one

year, happiness all around). About Rs 25 lakh were spent

on advertisements in various

magazines, including RSS-affiliated periodicals such as

Panchjanya and Organiser.“The huge expenditure on

promoting its so-calledachievements is sheer wastage

of the public money that couldhave been better utilised on

development works. In fact,

the BJP government, which

promised to be different fromearlier regimes, seems to befollowing in the footsteps of the

previous Congress govern-

ment in wasting public mon-ey,” Kapoor alleged.

Haryana has a history of splurging public money on

advertisement campaigns.

Just before the last year’s Assembly elections, former

Chief Minister BhupinderSingh Hooda’s advertise-

ment blitzkrieg “HaryanaNo 1”come under the scan-

ner of the Punjab andHaryana High Court.

It was alleged that public

funds of over Rs 100 crore

were released in the last threemonths of Hooda’s regime toproject the Congress govern-

ment, especially Hooda,

through advertisements inthe print and the electronic

media. The petitioner, aretired Army officer, had stat-

ed that a budget of Rs 113

crore was sanctioned formedia campaign for 2013-14.

BJP govt splurges~17 crore on ads

Anniversary special

■ ~6 crore spent on functions of the Chief Minister and ministers

■ ~4.25 crore spent on strip advertisements in newspapers

■Print media bags advertisements worth about Rs 4.3 crore

■ ~1.47 crore spent on video films on government's "achievements".

A flashback■Haryana has a history of splurging public money on

advertisement campaigns

■ Just before last year's Assembly elections, former CMBhupinder Singh Hooda's advertisement blitzkrieg "Haryana No 1"came under the scanner of the Punjaband Haryana High Court

■ It was alleged that public funds of over Rs 100 crore werereleased in the last three months of Hooda's regime toproject his government through advertisements in theprint and electronic media

.

SunitDhawanTribune News Service

Rohtak, December 14

The police have lodged an

FIR against eight police

officials, includ ing a DSP,an Inspector and a Sub-

Inspector, on the orders of a local court. The Rohtak

police authorities had ear-lier attached the DSP to

the Police Lines and sus-

pended an Inspector and aSub-Inspector for their

alleged role in falselybooking three innocent

men in a murder case.

DSP Amarjeet Singh hadbeen attached to the local

Police Lines last month, while Inspector Manoj Ver-

ma and Sub-Inspector

Sandeep Kumar were sus-pended after an internal

inquiry into the matter.The persons who had

been found innocent werereleased from jail after the

charges against them were

found untrue. However, no

case was registeredagainst the officials foundguilty in the matter, fol-

lowing which the acquit-

ted men who had beenfalsely implicated in the

case moved the court.On court’s orders, the

police have lodged an FIR

under Sections 166, 166-A,193, 194, 195, 196, 211, 219,

220, 330, 341, 348, 384, 386,388, 506 of the IPC and Sec-

tions 7 and 13 of the Preven-tion of Corruption Act

against the said officials.

The body of Vishal, aGurgaon-based youth, was

found in a drain in thearea under the Lakhanma-

jra police station in thedistrict in September. Pre-

liminary investigations

revealed that the youthhad been killed for looting

his cash, car and otherbelongings.

Sub-Inspector Sandeep,

who was the SHO of theLakhanmajra police station

at that time, was the investi-gating officer in the case.

Inspector Manoj Verma of the

CIA staff also assisted him inthe case, while Meham DSP

Amarjeet Singh supervisedthe investigations.

Their investigations indi-cated the involvement of a

dhaba-owner of Balambha

village in the district and

two of his associates in theloot-cum-murder case. They were arrested and interro-

gated about the matter.

The hapless youths –Pradeep, Vijay and Bunty –

even confessed to havingcommitted the murder, sup-

posedly due to the fear/tor-

ture of the police. Followingthat, they were sent to jail.

FIR against cops whobooked 3 innocentmen for murder


Chief Minister Manohar Lal

Khattar has given approvalfor extension of the munici-

pal limits of Cheeka town in

Kaithal distr ict. Urban LocalBodies Minister Kavita Jain

said here today that theextension in the municipal

limits of Cheeka town would

not impact the election of anygram panchayat, panchayat

samiti and Zila Parishad asthe population living in the

areas concerned had alreadybeen registered as voters in

the Municipal Committee of

Cheeka.—TNS

Nod to extendMC limits

Notices toaccused forpolygraph testTribune News Service

Panchkula, December 14

The special CBI magistrate

today issued notices to all12 Sunped violence accused

for their polygraph test. .

The accused have beenasked to reply to the noticesby December 21.

The CBI had moved an

application before the court.The consent of the accused

is required for the test.Those accused in the case

are Adal Singh Rawat, Desh

Raj, Naunihal, Joginder,Jagat, Aman, Akash, Bal-

want, Sanjay, DharamSingh, Kartar and a juvenile.

Two minor children died

while their parents sufferedburn injuries in the inci-

dent on October 20.Jitender Kumar,the vic-

tims’ father,had blamed theincident on members of the

Rajput community. Howev-

er, the accused denied theallegations, saying that they

were targeted as they were witnesses in a murder case

involving Dalits.

SUNPED VIOLENCE

Soon, payingproperty tax willbe just a click away Tribune News Service


The state Urban Local Bod-ies Department has made

all preparations to intro-duce online facility for pay-

ing property tax.

In a statement issued heretoday, Urban Bodies Minis-

ter Kavita Jain said urbanlocal bodies were being

strengthened and theirfunctioning were being

made more transparent.

She said under the Digi-tal India programme of

Prime Minister NarendraModi, the facility of filling

property tax online would

be introduced soon. Thedigitalisation of informa-

tion of property ownersand their related details

had been initiated. The

data would be made onlineto provide relief to the

public from the trouble of standing in long queues

for getting their propertytax deposited.

Giving details about the

collection of property tax,

Kavita said every propertyfalling under urban localbodies’ institutions would

be issued a unique identifi-

cation number through which complete informa-

tion could be drawnonline.People would be

able to calculate property

tax with the facility of online calculator.


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Geetanjali GayatriTribune News Service


While Haryana’s villagesseem to struggle with find-

ing “eligible” educated women candidates for the

forthcoming panchayat

elections and lack of toilets weighs heavy on the minds

of candidates, particularlyin Mewat, the Harayana

Development and Panchay-

at Department doesn’t, sofar, have a back-up plan for

wards and villages that failto elect representatives for

want of candidates.Sources in the depart-

ment say it is too “prema-

ture” to plan for an eventu-

ality that has not arisen.Moreover, as per proce-dures laid down, the State

Election Commission

(SEC), after the last date of withdrawal, will inform the

department about the num-ber of vacancies following

which a call will be taken.

“We have no intimationabout such villages so far.

Also, we thoroughly stud-ied the impact of introduc-

ing minimum educationalqualifications in Rajasthan

and found there were only

two or three wards where

such a situation arose. In

this light, we don’t see aproblem in getting eligible

candidates in any village.However, we will deal with

it when such a situation

comes up,” said NavrajSandhu, Additional Chief

Secretary, Developmentand Panchayats.

With the lack of candi-dates being seen as a

“hypothetical” situation so

far, a clear picture will

emerge only after the lastdate of withdrawal is overthough the SEC says such

intimation will be sent

only after the entire resultis compiled.

As the SEC readies toannounce the election

schedule, State Election

Commissioner Rajiv Shar-ma said it was difficult to

say, even after the filing of nominations was over for

the first phase, if such a sit-uation would arise.

“We will conduct elections,

declare results and prepare a

result gazette. After this, we will send a report to the Pan-

chayat Department on thenumber of vacancies that

remain. This will go along

with our comments on whythere is a vacancy. Based on

this, the government and thedepartment concerned will

decide their course of action,” Sharma said.

Meanwhile, Nuh MLA

Zakir Hussain said the prob-lem of eligible women candi-

dates was more pronouncedin Mewat compared to other

districts since the literacy

rate in the district was muchlower. Lack of toilets was

also proving to be a stum-bling block for most candi-

dates, Zakir added.

“Only 6 per cent of thepopulation here has “above-

matric” educational qualifi-cation and hardly 3 per cent

are linked to villages. In the

Nagina block alone, we havethree villages where there

are no eligible candidates

and marriages are beinghastily organised to‘import’ educated girls,” he

said. The district had 65 vil-

lages in the dark zone where water was supplied through

tankers and there are hardlyany toilets, he added.

“People don’t get water

to drink and women haveto fetch it after walking

long distances. In such vil-lages, toilets are unthink-

able. We don’t know how

many villages will actuallybe able to elect representa-

tives,” Hussain said.

❝In the Nagina block alone,we have three villages wherethere are no eligiblecandidates and marriages arebeing hastily organised to‘import’ educated girls.❞— Zakir Hussain, NUH MLA

❝We don’t see any problemin getting eligible candidatesin any village. However, wewill deal with it when such asituation comes up.❞—Navraj Sandhu, ADDITIONAL CHIEF

SECRETARY , DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYATS

.

HARYANAPANCHAYAT ELECTIONS

Tribune Reporters

Faridabad, December 14

As many as 172 persons have

been and 730 injured in 611

road accidents in Faridabaddistrict till December 11 this

year. This, despite the fact thatthe Road Safety Organisation

(RSO), a police-public initia-

tive, has claimed to have initi-ated measures to address the

issue and provide immediatehelp and relief to the victims.

Statistically, the numbers of deaths in road accidents has

come down this year as com-

pared with the last year’s fig-ure of 210, though the num-

bers of accidents has gone upmarginally. The number of

injured last year was 733

against 730 this year. In 2013,219 persons were killed and

638 injured in 666 accidents.Most of the accidents

reportedly took place on the

National Highway No. 2 or atroad intersections. Poor traf-

fic control mechanism asaggravated the problem fur-

ther. This was mentioned in areport submitted by special

inspection officials appointed

by the high court recently to

study the problem of traffic jams in the city.

The traffic police depart-

ment is not only short-staffed

but also ill-equipped to effec-tively control the vehicle rush

on the roads that has been ris-ing with the day.

“We aim to bring down

the number of accidents to100 or less in 2016,” said

RSO vice-president SK Sharma. “The traffic

department has around 216policemen. Patrolling has

been stepped up and

policemen posted at vul-

nerable points to check

traffic jams and accidents,”said Police Commissioner

Subhash Yadav.

SirsaRoad mishaps have claimed

139 lives in Sirsa district this

year so far. According to a

spokesperson of the districtpolice, 270 road accidentshave been reported in the dis-

trict this year out of which 112

were fatal and 158 non-fatal.The number of injured stood

at 270. In 2014, 148 persons were killed and 232 injured in

335 road accidents.

SP Ashwin Shenvi saidthe police were focusing on

Sirsa-Hisar and Sirsa-Dab- wali road. “However, we are

yet to analyse whether thisactually helped in reducing

the number of accidents on

these two roads,” he said.

Sonepat

In all, 347 persons havebeen killed in road acci-

dents in Sonepat tillDecember 14 this year. The

number of accidents was682 in 2013, 773 in 2014 and

734 in 2015 (so far). The

number of casualties was

302 in 2013, 307 in 2014 and347 this year, while thenumber of injured stood at

685, 639 and 909 for these

years, respectively.DSP Traffic Sunil Kumar

said most of the accidentstook place due to negli-

gence in driving, including

over speeding, not wearinghelmet or safety belts while

driving. Around 8,000 new vehicles were registered in

the district every year. “Thedrivers need to be self-disci-

plined in observing traffic

rules,” he said.

Bhiwani

Despite the police and districtadministration trying their

level best to reduce the roadmishaps, the first 11 months

this year saw 207 deaths inroad mishaps. In 2014, the

number of such deaths was

270, while 625 persons were

injured in 209 accidents. In2015, the number of injuredstood at 557, while the num-

ber of accident cases was 189.

Fatehabad

According to a spokespersonof Fatehabad police, 95 peo-

ple have died in 174 road

accidents reported in the dis-trict till this date in 2015. Last

year, Fatehabad witnessed173 road accidents from Jan-

uary to December.(With inputs from Bijendra

Ahlawat, Sushil Manav, BS

Malik and Sat Singh)

Mishaps kill 172 in Faridabad this year

❝We are carrying out a detailed survey regarding the factors that lead to accidents, including road condition,traffic congestion and the drivers’ habits. A round-the-clockhelpline number (1800-1800-009) has been made functional and 12 ambulances deployed to help accidentvictims.❞ SK Sharma, ROAD SAFETY ORGANISATION VICE -PRESIDENT

Faridabad mishaps

Year Accidents Deaths Injured

2013 666 219 638

2014 595 201 733

2015 611 172 730

Two vehicles damaged in an accident in Sirsa.A FILE PHOTO

16 IAS officers

shifted



The Haryana government

today issued the transfer andposting orders of 16 IAS offi-

cers. Sudhir Rajpal, PrincipalSecretary, Cooperation, has

been brought in as MD,

Haryana State Industrial andInfrastructure Development

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