BRAHMPURA FLAYS BADAL FAMILY FOR IGNORING STATE ISSUES WHILE IN POWER
SAD (Taksali) president and Khadoor Sahib MP Ranjit Singh Brahmpura on Wednesday flayed the Badal family ignoring the state’s issues while they were in power in the Punjab. “Five-time Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had been demanding Chandigarh for Punjab when he was out of power and its political opponent party Congress was at the Centre. But when Badal had his government in Punjab and its alliance partner BJP was at the Centre, he never raised the issue of Chandigarh only to placate the BJP,” he alleged. Also blaming Bathinda MP and Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal for the plight of Punjabi farmers, he said: “She claims to 41 projects to her credit, but except a Kinnow processing factory in Fazilka, no other big project has been brought to the state.”
19,433 polling stations in Haryana
In view of general elections 2019, 19433 polling stations have been set up in Haryana, of which 19,425 are regular polling booths whereas eight are auxiliary polling stations. Haryana chief electoral officer, Rajeev Ranjan said, there is one auxiliary polling station in Sirsa assembly constituency, five in Badshahpur, one in Faridabad and one in Tigaon. He said that there are 213 polling stations in Kalka assembly constituency, 197 in Panchkula, 211 in Naraingarh, 188 in Ambala Cantonment, 248 in Ambala city, 261 in Mullana, 258 in Sadhaura, 239 in Jagadhri, 231 in Radaur, 216 in Ladwa, 185 in Shahbad, 192 in Thanesar and 200 in Pehowa.
Bhavya Bishnoi lashes out at BJP
Congress candidate from Hisar Lok Sabha seat, Bhavya Bishnoi on Wednesday said that the Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has announced an ambitious scheme to eradicate poverty from the country namely "NYAY" and under the scheme a sum of Rs 72000 minimum in a year would be given to a poor families. He appealed to the people to vote for Congress party to provide political power to Hisar. Hitting out on the false promises made by BJP in the state and Centre, he pointed out that all their promises had proved as "Jumla" and the people would teach a lesson to them with the power of their votes.
Polls will mark end of Cong from polity: Kirron
BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Chandigarh and outgoing MP Kirron Kher said that this election will mark the end of the Congress from Indian polity, Addressing a gathering at Kamlam- BJP party office here, Kher said BJP has managed to provide stability in governance. Today, Congress has no issues to cash on during election which is all due to clean polity during my last reign. Instead of giving any masterplan to citizens, Congress continues to mislead the public which resulted their downfall, she added,
Opaque voting compartment screen to be used
In Haryana, for the first time opaque and increased height voting compartment screen would be used in all 19,425 general polling stations and 8 auxiliary polling stations set up in view of Lok Sabha -2019. Polling to 10 Lok Sabha seats in the State is scheduled to be held on May 12. Haryana chief electoral officer Rajeev Ranjan said that this voting screen is reusable and provides enhanced screen to protect secrecy of voting. He said that voting compartment being used earlier was not much opaque and was also difficult to set up inside polling stations.
Bansal assures of chambers at District Courts
Giving a big boost to the young lawyers at the District Courts, Sector 43 Chandigarh, Congress candidate for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections from here, Pawan Kumar Bansal said that as demanded by them, he would make sure that the courts complex gets new chambers for the young lawyers. Calling the district bar association as his own fraternity, former Union Minister said, “If I am given a chance to serve as Chandigarh’s MP this time, I would ensure building a multi-level parking here.” In another public meeting, former MP Bansal said, Chandigarh was born as a smart city and we should need to make it as a “safe and eco-city”, where people can experience the ease of living and have the ease of business. He assured the residents that parking and other basic problems will be resolved one if voted to power.
Anil Vij hits out at Congress
Haryana Health Minister and Ambala MLA Anil Vij on Wednesday alleged that the Congress manifesto is nothing but the agenda of terrorists and separatists. He said that the Congress is taking forward the agenda of Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru who in 1947 brought in Article 370 and 35-A giving special status to Jammu and Kashmir due to which the northern most state could not integrate with the country. Vij said this while addressing a rally in support of BJP’s candidate for Ambala Lok Sabha seat, Rattan Lal Kataria.
BJP leaders join Congress in Chandigarh
Giving a jolt to Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), the chairman of its colony cell, Mukesh Rai along with the general secretary of its SC Morcha, Shekhar Dharu and their hundreds of supporters joined Congress party fold on Wednesday in the presence of its Lok Sabha candidate Pawan Kumar Bansal and president of CTCC Pardeep Chhabra. BJP MP is arrogant and rude to its own party workers, Mukesh Rai said, adding, “it was getting more and more difficult for me as the chairman of colony cell to face the colony people as they complained about having no development work done by the BJP MP in her tenure as promised.