Indian National lok Dal senior leader Ajay Chautala, who is currently out on parole from Tihar Jail, on Monday attended the proceedings of the first day of Assembly session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha.
Convicted in a teacher recruitment scam, INlD leader Ajay Chautala remained seated in the guest gallery of the House to attend the proceedings.
During the session, Haryana Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ram Bilas Sharma also welcomed Ajay Chautala in the House.
Notably, INlD chief OP Chautala along with Ajay Chautala are currently serving 10-year jail sentence after being convicted, in teacher recruitment scam in Haryana.
Ajay Chautala had earlier on September 25 addressed party’s rally in Bhiwani on the occasion of 104th birthday celebration of his grandfather and former deputy Prime Minister late Chaudhary Devi lal. Out on parole, the INlD leader had asked the party workers to connect with the voters of Haryana to ensure that the INlD forms the next government in the state.
Dhankar and Chautala engaged in a war of words
leader of opposition and INlD’s senior leader Abhay Singh Chautala and Haryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, OP Dhankar on Monday engaged in war of words during the calling attention motion on problem of burning of crop residue.
While the Minister was giving reply to the calling attention motion, Abhay Chautala called him a ‘big lair’ while Dhankar retorted saying that we will not allow politicization of farmers’ issues.
The calling attention motion was moved by INlD Jaswinder Singh Sandhu, who demanded that the solution of use of straw and its purchase should be found out by the government and the cases or fine should not be imposed on farmers for burning of stubble.
The farmers are facing financial crunch and the State Government should find some solution to improve their situation rather than imposing fine on them, he added.
INlD sought security for party chief
INlD legislator Jaswinder Sandhu on Monday lashed out at the ruling BJP for not accepting the party’s request of providing security to Haryana party chief Ashok Arora despite several request letters being sent to the State Government.
28369 cases of crime against women registered
As many 28369 cases of crime against women have been registered from June 1, 2014 to June 30, 2017 in Haryana. 1948 cases of crime against dalits were registered in the same time period in the state. The information was tabled in the Haryana Assembly in reply to a question on Monday. A total of 350042 cases of crime have been registered from June 1, 2014 to June 30, 2017 in Haryana.
Maximum number of crime cases have been registered in Gurugram with 51536 followed by Faridabad with 33758 cases and CM’s constituency Karnal with 23603 cases. Similarly, maximum number of crime cases against women stood at 3274 in Panipat district while in case of dalits, maximum crime cases of 156 were registered in Rohtak.
554 doctors to join duties soon in Haryana
Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij informed the House that that appointment letters to newly recruited 554 doctors has already been issued and they will soon join their duties.