Barnala has all along been a Cong stooge, says SAD
Chandigarh: The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal on Saturday said former Chief Minister and SAD (longowal) leader Surjit Singh Barnala had finally shown his true colours and proved that he was all along a Congress stooge who had bartered the interests of the ‘panth’ and the State for his own selfish family interests. “However by doing so Barnala has proved that his outfit was all along a B team of the Congress,” the Akali leader, who is contesting the Sangrur parliamentary seat as the SAD candidate, said. He said it was despicable that Barnala had arrived at a deal with the Congress.
Three held for attack on Kiran Choudhry
Chandigarh: Haryana Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested three youths for allegedly attacking State Minister Kiran Choudhry, who was pelted with stones during an election campaign at Koriyavaas village in Narnaul earlier this week. “We have arrested three persons of the same village last evening,” Mahendragarh SP Jagat Singh Hooda said.
Hooda Jr declares assets valued over `35-crore
Rohtak: Haryana Chief Minister’s son, Deepender Singh Hooda seeking re-election from Rohtak parliamentary constituency, has declared his assets value, including that of his wife, at over `35 crore. The 36-year-old Deepender, a two time MP, filed his nomination papers along with affidavit here on Saturday. He has declared his movable assets worth nearly `4.44 crore while immovable assets are pegged at nearly `11.77 crore. Deepender has declared movable and immovable assets of his wife Shweta Mirdha, who comes from a political family of Rajasthan, at approximately `2.62 crore and `17 crore, respectively.
Cong MlAs blame Rawat’s style of functioning
Dehradun: In a bid to put pressure on Chief Minister Harish Rawat, former Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna organised a luncheon meeting with Congress MlAs at his residence on Saturday. During the meeting Congress MlAs have openly opposed CM Rawat’s style of functioning. Talking to The Pioneer, an MlA, who wished not to identify, said that when Vijay Bahuguna was appointed as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand after Assembly election 2012 then Union Minister of State Harish Rawat’s faction MlAs had even refused to take oath as a member of Vidhan Sabha. They were camping in Delhi to put pressure on party high command. In return they took three seats in Cabinet, a seat of Rajya Sabha and speaker seat as well.
‘Cong didn’t pay heed to Maharaj’s demands’
Dehradun: Progressive Democratic Front (PDF) leader Mantri Prasad Naithani claimed on Saturday that former MP Satpal Maharaj had left the Congress party as the party leadership did not pay heed to his demand and further said that the same situation also took place with him as well during Assembly election 2012. “Due to Congress party’s ignorance I also left Congress and I can understand why Maharaj took such drastic step,” said Naithani.
Mahant admits to slip in candidate selection
Raipur/Korba: Congress candidate from Korba lS seat and Union minister of state for Agriculture Dr Charandas Mahant admitted slip in the selection of candidate in Raipur lS seat. He said Satyanarayan Sharma would have been better candidate for the seat. Discussing with media, Mahant said that Panchayat and Rural Development minister Ajay Chandrakar is very close to the chief minister and because of which, even after the court order, case has not been registered against him.
BJP on dynastic line now, says chhattisgarh aicc chief
Raipur: launching a scathing attack on BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, who has been accusing the Congress of being a dynastic party, Mohammed Akbar, national spokesperson for Chhattisgarh affairs of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), said that the BJP has acted the same way by giving party ticket to Abhishek Singh, son of Chief Minister Raman Singh. Mohammed Akbar was talking to reporters here at party’s State headquarters, Congress Bhawan, on Saturday.
RS MP Sashi fielded from Jayadev
Bhubaneswar: Seemingly scared of the Modi wave, ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik fielded four Rajya Sabha members in the ongoing poll fray. The fourth one came in form of Sashi Bhushan Behera, who has a stint of another two years in the Rajya Sabha. Behera was fielded in Jayadev Assembly constituency replacing sitting MlA Arabinda Dhali as the BJD boss released the fifth list of candidates for 19 Assembly and two lok Sabha constituencies going to polls in the second phase on April 17.
Cong names four Assembly nominees, replaces four
Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Saturday announced the names of its candidates for the four remaining Assembly constituencies which would go to polls in the first phase on April 10. The party named Sibaram Patra to take on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the Hinjili Assembly seat, Surya Rao in Paralakhemundi, Makarananda Muduli in Rayagada and former Minister Kishore Patel in Brajarajnagar where he would lock horns with his former party colleague Anup Sai, who recently defected the BJD and immediately got a ticket from the ruling party.