IEP Karnal, January 23

Former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda has said that the BJP-JJP government of Haryana does not have a single achievement to count and this government has proved to be a failure on every front. 

Hooda was addressing a press conference here. He had reached Karnal today to condole the demise of former Deputy Speaker Chaudhary Ved Pal. Apart from this, he also participated in many social programs here.

Talking to reporters, Hooda once again reiterated the demand for increasing the rate of sugarcane. He said the Congress government in the state had increased the rate of sugarcane from Rs 117 to Rs 310. “The Congress government increased the rate of sugarcane by 165%, which means an increase of 17% every year. While BJP has increased by a total of 17% in the entire 8 and a quarter years. Congress used to increase this much every year, as this government did in 8 years. This year the government did not increase the rate by even a single penny. That’s why farmers are on the streets today,” he said.

The Leader of the Opposition said that today, every section including farmers, laborers, traders, employees, rural and urban people is suffering from the misdeeds of the government. “Haryana, which was number one in terms of per capita income, per capita investment and development during the Congress government before 2014, has today become number one in unemployment, corruption, inflation and crime,” he pointed out.

“Whole Haryana is yearning for development for the last 8 years. Even the Kalpana Chawla Medical College built in Karnal during the Congress tenure was announced to be made a university by the BJP as soon as the government was formed, but till date the government has not fulfilled his promise,” he said.

Hooda said that along with all sections of the state, the sarpanch is also continuously agitating because, the government, steeped in corruption from head to toe, wants to establish another base of corruption in the name of e-tendering. “The government should trust the elected Sarpanchs and give them a chance to develop the village. Through e-tendering, the government wants to deprive the villages of development,” he stated. 

The former Chief Minister reiterated the demand for an impartial inquiry into the allegations levelled by wrestlers against the wrestling association president. He said that the wrestling association president had unnecessarily dragged his and Deepender Hooda’s name in this matter to hide his fault. He said he is taking legal advice to file a defamation suit against the president of the wrestling body.

Hooda also thanked the people of Karnal, local leaders and workers for making the Bharat Jodo Yatra a success. He said that the yatra from Firozpur Jhirka to Ambala received tremendous support everywhere. He thanked the people of Karnal for coming out in large numbers to support Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra.

IEP CHANDIGARH

. Agrawal said that Haryana’s Tableau will give the immortal message of Srimadbhagavad Gita to the entire world on this R-Day. In its entirety, the tableau shows Lord Krishna serving as charioteer of Arjuna and giving him the knowledge of Geeta. First glimpse of the tableau radiates an appeal of spirituality, art and history.

He further informed that the tractor section opens the dialogue where the spectators can see a larger than life statue of Lord Krishna in his ‘Virat Swaroop’, as he displayed before Arjuna. In the displayed statue of  Virat Sawroop, there are 9 heads of Shri Vishnu namely  Agni, Narsimah, Ganesh, Shiv, Vishnu, Brahma, Ashwini Kumar, Hanuman and Parshuram from left to right in sequence. Divya Sarp are covering their heads. They are carrying Sword, Trishul, Lotus, Sudershan chakr in right hand and Shankh, Barcha, Dhanush, Naag, Gada in left hand. Created on a circular platform, the entire bottom section is created in an intricate design. 

The dialogue continues at the back in the trailer section, where a grand chariot with four horses running through (the Kurukshetra battlefield) has been created. The chariot, horses and all elements are created with intricate details. The statues aboard the chariot of Arjuna and Krishna are created in colour whereas rest of the trailer section is created in a single earthly shade. Every single detail right from horses, to chariot and even the ground dust is clearly visible. The patterns on the sides of the trailer shows various scenes from the battles of Mahabharata war.

IEP Chandigarh, January 22

This R Day celebrations, Haryana’s tableau will be a special one as the spectators from all over the county and world will get a glimpse of Virat Swaroop of Lord Krishna. 

For the second time in a row, the Defence Ministry’s expert committee of distinguished persons has selected Haryana’s tableau for the Republic Day Celebrations. The theme of this year’s tableau will be International Geeta Mahotsav (IGM).  

Divulging more details in this regard, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister and Director General, Information, Public Relations and Languages Department, Dr. Amit Agrawal said that every year, the expert committee starts the process of selection of tableau of States, Union Territories and Ministries in the month of November. 

He further shared that States, Union Territories and Ministries present their respective tableau themes. The Expert Committee then selects Tableau in a phased manner on the basis of the relevance and utility of the theme. Last year also, Haryana’s sports achievements were presented before the country and the world in a powerful manner through a tableau based on the theme of ‘Number One Haryana in Sports’.

Dr. Agrawal said that Kurukshetra is known as renowned seat of culture and civilization and was considered as one of the most ancient places of pilgrimage of the World.  Here on the banks of the sacred River Saraswati Vedas and Puranas were composed and compiled. About 5159 years back on the first day of Mahabharat battle, the eternal message of Srimadbhagavad Gita was delivered by Sri Krishna to Arjuna in the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Since then Kurukshetra is identified as birthplace of Gita, he added. 

He said that, when Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi visited Kurukshetra in the year 2014, he had said that every possible effort would be made to recognize Kurukshetra as the place of Gita. Giving a concrete shape to this thought, under the leadership of Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal; the birthplace of Gita is being given recognition globally and the ‘International Gita Mahotsav’ has also been organized under this series in the country as well as abroad. 

He further shared that every year in Kurukshetra International Gita Mahotsav (IGM) is celebrated to bring moral and cultural resurgence among the people. The 18-day-long holy Gita Mahotsav aims to spread the universal and inspirational message of the Srimadbhagavad Gita and enlighten the world with the message of peace, harmony and universal brotherhood, asserted Dr. Agrawal. 

He said that in the year 2018, the Haryana Government with the objective to spread the eternal message of Gita in other parts of the world took a decision to start celebrating International Gita Mahotsav in other countries and in the year 2019, for the first time, IGM was organized in Mauritius and London. In the year 2022, IGM was also celebrated in Canada.

IEP Chandigarh, January 22

In the last 8 years,  as many as 48 corrupt, non-performing officers and employees had to face the flak of the zero-tolerance policy against corruption adopted by the Manohar Lal-led government.  

In the last eight years, the Manohar Sarkar, while following the footsteps of the Central Government, has terminated these officers/employees in the age group of 50 to 55 years in the last 8 years.   

Meanwhile, afraid of meeting the same fate as those involved in corrupt practices, some of the employees who were negligent in performing their duties, making fake certificates, etc even took premature retirement.  

The list of such officers and employees includes Assistant Professor, Sub Inspector, Horticulture Development Officer, Industrial Extension Officer, Naib Tehsildar, DRO, Supervisor, Manager, Resident Audit Officer, Junior Auditor, Assistant Registrar, Deputy Engineer, Clerk, Assistant, Havaldar, Peon, Godown Keeper, etc. Officers and employees are included.  

These employees were working in the offices of various departments, boards, and corporations of the Government of Haryana.  

The Chief Minister said that the government keeps evaluating the performance of officers and employees from time to time. After reviewing the service records, the employees who work honestly are honored, while the action is taken against the non-performing ones.  

“We aim to make the governance system transparent. The state government is moving forward on the basic principle of minimum government and maximum governance. Corruption has no place in such a system. Efforts are being made to completely curb corruption in the state,” says Sh. Manohar Lal.        

Significantly, as per the government rules,  the services of officers or employees who do not work properly can be terminated at the age of 50-55 years or after 20 years of service. But the previous governments did not strictly implement these rules, because of which even the officers and employees who were unfit for the job continued to work.  

Till the year 2014, when only 32 people were shown the doors, the year 2014, the Haryana government under the leadership of Sh. Manohar Lal implemented these rules strictly in the public interest, as a result of which 48 government employees were shown the doors. 

Haryana under the leadership of Sh. Manohar Lal is constantly working on the policy of zero tolerance against corruption while establishing a transparent system in the state.  

While in past also strict decisions have been taken by the government against the employees and officers involved in such corrupt practices.

IEP Chandigarh, January 22

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal will attend the ‘Madhur Milan’ programme as the chief guest; being organized on the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at Bidhai Khera village, Tohana, on January 23. On the occasion, the Chief Minister will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of 18 projects worth Rs 278.30 crore in Tohana assembly constituency. After this, the Chief Minister will also address a public rally on January 23 at 11am at the Community Centre. Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala will also be present on the occasion.

        Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal will inaugurate the swimming pool and beautification work of Baliyala Guest House of the Irrigation Department costing Rs 6.50 crore. Besides, the beautification of Kalpana Chawla Park costing Rs 5.65 crore, Hisar to Ratia Road bypass costing Rs 58.10 crore, waterworks costing Rs 1.92 crore, waterworks in village Dult costing Rs 1.63 crore, waterworks in village Nadhori costing Rs 2.14 crore, extension of waterworks in village Parta costing Rs 1.72 crore will be inaugurated.

        Along with this, the Chief Minister will lay the foundation stone for dewatering of logged water and flood relief works in village Bhimewala at a cost of Rs 11.32 crore. Similarly, the foundation stone for Civil Hospital, Tohana, to be built at a cost of Rs 131.87 crore, Panchayat Bhawan, Tohana to be built at a cost of Rs 5.50 crore, and new bus stand, Tohana to be built at a cost of Rs 16.60 crore will be laid.

        The Chief Minister will also lay the foundation stone of waterworks worth Rs 13.89 crore in village Samain, Rs 3.30 crore in village Hansewala, Rs 4.58 crore in village Therwa, Rs 1.73 crore in village Kamalwala. Besides, the foundation stone for drinking water supply work in Jakhal at a cost of Rs 5.45 crore and Government Senior Secondary School at a cost of Rs 2.7 crore in Shekupur Daroli village of Fatehabad assembly constituency will be laid.

No. IPRDH/2023

Yuvraj Kaushal

IEP Chandigarh

On the occasion of National Girl Child Day, President of Gurmat Prachar Society and Ayurvedacharya Dr. Sukhinder Yogi started an awareness campaign. This campaign was started to save girls from anemia. During the recent study of the National Family Health Survey, it was found that 55 percent of adolescent girls i.e. 10 to 19 years of age are anaemic. These figures found during the National Family Health Survey are shocking. Assam has maximum anemia.  Society will spread awareness  to 1 lac girls about anemia  in government and private schools of Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab by organising awareness talks , free screening and distributing free nutrition kits ,said Dr Yogi , who will also be rewarded for his services to ayurveda at House of Lords UK  later this month

IEP Rohtak, January 22

 Former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda has said that every Congress worker is fully prepared for the 2024 elections and people have made up their mind to bring back the Congress government in the state and this was visible in the historic support received by Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in Haryana.Addressing a press conference after participating in many social and religious programs in Rohtak, Hooda said the people of the state had already made up their mind on bringing back the Congress. Answering question regarding BJP’s preparations for the elections, Hooda said that the public is gearing up to defeat BJP and JJP. “Today there is a lot of problems before the people. Congress will go to people on issues like corruption, unemployment, inflation, increasing crime and drugs,” he said.Hooda reiterated the demand for an impartial inquiry into the allegations levelled by the wrestlers against the Wrestling Association and its president. He said that the wrestling body president has unnecessarily tried to drag his and Deepender’s name in the whole matter. He said he is consulting lawyers in this regard so that a defamation case can be filed against the Wrestling Association President. He said sportspersons are the pride of our country and they should get justice. “There should be a fair inquiry into the allegations levelled against the Sports Minister of Haryana. For this, it is necessary that the Sports Minister resigns from his post,” he stated.Supporting the demands of the sugarcane farmers, once again the former Chief Minister reiterated that the government should accept their demand. “The farmers are demanding a rate of ₹450 per quintal. The government should at least give the farmers of Haryana the same rate as that of Punjab,” he said and added that during the Congress government, there was a record increase of 165% in the rate of sugarcane, while during the BJP regime it was increased by only 17%. BJP and JJP stand nowhere in front of Congress in the matter of increasing the rate of sugarcane.Hooda also stated that he stood with the sarpanches opposing e-tendering. He said the government should trust the elected representatives and give them a chance to get the development work done in the village. “The government should leave the obstinate attitude and rid the sarpanches from the web of e-tendering,” he said.Explaining about the Hath Se Jodo Hath program of the Congress, the Leader of the Opposition said that the party meeting is going to be held on the January 25th. “Haryana Congress will leave no stone unturned to make this program a success. Like Bharat Jodo Yatra, this program will also get historical support in Haryana,” he stated.