Rahul to address rally on May 10
Chandigarh: Congress party president Rahul Gandhi will be addressing a rally on May 10 in support of Pawan Kumar Bansal, Congress Lok Sabha Candidate from Chandigarh. Pardeep Chhabra, Chandigarh Congress president informed the rally would be held at Sector 38A ground opposite Sector 25 Dainik Bhaskar building. The rally will be held at 5 pm, he informed. The city Congress unit has also requested the party high command to organize a rally of party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi here.
PM gave due respect to defence: Kirron
Chandigarh: The members of ex-servicemen union came out in support of the BJP-SAD candidate from Chandigarh, Kirron Kher at a function organised on Sunday at Kamalam -party office, Sector 33 here. Interacting with the ex-servicemen, Kirron Kher said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Central Government has given numerous solutions to the plights of defence personnel and ex-servicemen. She said Congress only gave disappointment to national defence line whereas Modi has dispensed justice during his regime. BJP city president Sanjay Tandon said, during Modi Government, Army was more strategized and equipped with modern weapons, jackets, fighter jets and inked many defence deals.
BJP betrayed people: Bansal
Chandigarh: Congress candidate for Chandigarh in Lok Sabha elections, Pawan Kumar Bansal on Sunday lashed out at the present BJP government for betraying the people by making false promises. Speaking at Indira Colony, Manimajra, he said that instead of providing any relief to poverty-stricken people, the BJP leaders went ahead to create problems for them. Take for instance the so-called Ujwala scheme which was touted as one providing free LPG connections to the poor. The truth however, is that in Chandigarh only 37 people have been able to avail this facility. Nothing is really free with security fee and other such costs, he added. The four-time former MP Bansal also talked about BJP’s plans to increase water tariff about thirty times more, if they mistakenly come to power again.
‘Boota Singh’ lashes out at Congress, BJP
Chandigarh: Lambasting both Congress and BJP leadership for playing havoc with Chandigarh’s future due to their insensitive and careless attitude, ‘Traffic Man’ Boota Singh on Sunday asserted that the ever evolving traffic needs of City Beautiful needs a calibrated approach which the both ruling parties had so far tragically not exhibited. Advocating Light Rail System for Chandigarh’s traffic woes, the former Indian Railways Traffic Services officer who is contesting as an independent candidate for Chandigarh LS Seat, out rightly debunked Metro, Mono Rail or Sky bus services as unsuitable for Chandigarh.
Hry CEO makes appeal to voters
Chandigarh: Haryana chief electoral officer Rajeev Ranjan appealed to the people that they must exercise their franchise in the Lok Sabha elections. Voting is very essential to strengthen our democracy, he said during a Chhabeel organised at a toll plaza on GT Road by Sonipat District Administration on Sunday. During the Chhabeel, passengers passing through the toll plaza of GT road were offered drinking water and were encouraged for voting. The commuters were offered 25,000 cups of water with the date of polling May 12 written on it. Ranjan also generated awareness about voting by offering 5,000 cups to passengers at the office of Gannaur and Sonepat Market Committee.
Navjot Sidhu campaigns for Bhavya Bishnoi
Chandigarh: Punjab Minister and Congress’ star campaigner Navjot Singh Sidhu said that the BJP had made 342 promises during last election in 2014 and no promises had not fulfilled so far. Sidhu who was addressing a public meeting at Hissar in favour of Congress candidate Bhavya Bishnoi exhorted the people to vote in favour of Bhavya. You would see the development. Bhavya is not new as he has a legacy to serve the Hissar in a true sense. His father and grandfather have served the people continuously without any selfish motive, Sidhu told people.