IEP Chandigarh, January 26

Haryana Chief Minister said that in the last more than eight years, the state government has done the work of instilling new hope among its citizens by bringing radical changes in the system while working with a new vision of maximum governance minimum government.

 “We have focused on the upliftment and welfare of every individual, as a result of which the graph of the Ease of Living and Happiness Index is continuously rising in the state,” said Sh. Manohar Lal while speaking as the Chief Guest at the 74th Republic Day celebrations held at Jagadhari, Yamunanagar today after unfurling the National Flag.

 Firstly the Chief Minister paid floral tribute to the martyrs at the war memorial.  He inspected the parade by contingents of Haryana Police, Women Police Contingent, Home Guard, NCC Battalion and Scouts, etc.

 The Chief Minister called upon the citizens that on this Republic Day, each one of us should take a pledge to keep national unity and integrity intact and work unitedly for the happiness and prosperity of the country and the state.

 While addressing, Sh. Manohar Lal said today is a great day in the history of our country when we got the pride of being the citizens of the world’s largest republic, India.  On this day, 73 years ago, a new sun of the Republic rose in our country.

 “I urge the citizens to ensure their participation in the welfare of the society and take a resolve, I will take only what I deserve, I should get what I am entitled to, and will not take any benefit that I am not entitled to,” asserted the Chief Minister.

 We are proud of being called as ‘government of portals’

 Sending a strong and clear message to those who call ‘Manohar Sarkar’ a government of portals, the Chief Minister said, we have ensured the maximum use of IT in the governance so as to minimize human intervention.  The result of this is that today people are getting government services, schemes and other benefits at their doorstep.

 “Our government is often called the ‘government of portals’.  I am proud of being called as ‘government of portals’, through these portals we have introduced paperless and faceless governance in Haryana. During our tenure, we have launched more than 100 apps and portals that have ensured transparency in the distribution of benefits of schemes and services.  Now every eligible person is getting their benefits, while the ineligible ones are being identified,” said Sh. Manohar Lal. 

He said that it is only because of the portal system that today the benefits of Shagun Yojna, old age pension, and scholarships of students are being directly reached to the accounts of the beneficiaries with just one click.

“The subsidy to the farmers for buying fertilizer, seed, machinery subsidy, crop compensation, and crop purchase money is also being directly transferred into the accounts of the farmers.  Besides this, it is only because of these IT reforms that now the farmers do not have to make rounds of the offices of the Patwaris to get the Fard (Jamabandi) for their land.  Now they can get the same with just one click.  Youth wishing to go abroad can also upload the necessary documents online while sitting at home to get their passports,” asserted Sh. Manohar Lal

 PPP a key document in delivering the benefits of citizen-centric services at the beneficiary’s doorsteps

 The Chief Minister said that because of this portal, Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi’s vision of the one nation-one ration card has come true.  Haryana too has started the facility of giving online ration cards to BPL families.  Now BPL families are getting automated ration cards.

IEP Chandigarh, January 26

Haryana’s Tableau today gave the immortal message of Srimad Bhagavad Gita to the entire world during the Republic Day celebrations at Kartavya Path. Through the tableau, based on the theme of International Gita Mahotsav (IGM), the spectators get a glimpse of the ‘Virat Swaroop’ of Lord Krishna.

An official spokesperson said that Kurukshetra is known as one of the oldest pilgrimage places in the world and the Vedas and Puranas were composed on the banks of the holy river Saraswati here. During Mahabharata, the eternal message of Srimad Bhagavad Gita was delivered by Lord Krishna to Arjuna in the battlefield of Kurukshetra; hence Kurukshetra is identified as the birthplace of the Gita.

Keeping this relevance of Gita in mind, Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi called for its recognition to the country and the world. 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; with the work to spread the universal and inspirational message of Gita to the masses to enlighten peace, harmony and universal brotherhood in the world.

Glimpse of Lord Krishna’s Viraat Swaroop, imparting knowledge of Gita to Arjuna in tableau

The spokesperson further said that the tableau depicted Lord Krishna serving as the charioteer of Arjuna and imparting the knowledge of Gita to him. In the foreground of the tableau are the visions of Lord Krishna’s ‘Virat Swaroop’, as displayed by him in front of Arjuna on the battlefield. The displayed statue of Virat Sawroop showed 9 heads of Lord Vishnu namely Agni, Narasimha, Ganesha, Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma, Ashwini Kumar, Hanuman and Parshuram. The Divya Sarp is covering the head and Shri Vishnu carrying Sword, Trishul, Lotus, Sudershan Chakra 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 with Sheshnag and waves. The final part of the tableau depicts a grand chariot with four horses in the Kurukshetra battlefield. Haryana’s grand tableau on the Kartavya Path managed to leave an indelible mark on the hearts and minds of the spectators.

IEP Chandigarh, January 25

Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Anurag Dhanda said that a new and strong organization of the Aam Aadmi Party will be prepared in the entire state by April. All the units of the state have been dissolved. All posts including State, Zone, District, Lok Sabha and Vidhansabha have been dissolved with immediate effect.

The Aam Aadmi Party will appoint new office bearers from across the state up to the village and booth level. In view of the 2024 General elections & Assembly elections, a new office bearers body will be given the responsibility. “A complete overhaul of the organisation is being done,”added Dhanda.

Senior leader Anurag Dhanda said that the process will be started by organizing the Zonal Workers Conference on January 29-30. On 29th, Workers’ conference will be held in Gurugram and Rohtak whereas, the zonal level workers’ meeting on Jan 30th will be held in Hisar and Kurukshetra.

IEP Chandigarh, January 25

On the occasion of Republic Day, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs announced that a total of 14 Haryana Police officers/personnel have been awarded medals for distinguished and meritorious service.

Out of the 14 awards announced, one officer will receive the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service and 13 will get the Police Medal for Meritorious Service.

Sharing the information here today, a Haryana Police spokesperson informed that Sh. Amitabh Singh Dhillon, Inspector General of Police (Modernization) has been selected to be awarded with the President’s Police Medal for distinguished service.

Those who have been selected to be decorated with Police Medal for Meritorious Service include Satender Kumar Gupta IGP (Karnal Range) Karnal, B. Sateesh Balan IGP (STF), Virender Kumar Vij DCP (East) Gurugram, Surender Singh DSP (CID) New Delhi, Raj Kumar Ranga ACP Panchkula, Hari Kishan Inspector State Crime Branch, Ramesh Kumar Sub-Inspector (SI) Ambala, Dinesh Singh SI 1st IRB Bhondsi Gurugram, Naresh Kumar SI Rohtak, Devender Kumar ASI Panipat, Ram Pal EASI (CID) Chandigarh, Sajjan Kumar ORP ASI Hisar and Sunil Kumar Head Constable Panchkula.

Congratulating the medal recipients, the Director General of Police (DGP) Haryana, Sh. P.K. Agrawal said that it is a moment of pride for the entire police force that our 14 officers have been chosen to be decorated with such a prestigious honour. Recognition of their exemplary services at the national level would further boost their morale as well as that of others in the state police force.

IEP Chandigarh, January 25

On the occasion of National Voters Day, Additional Director General of Police, (Admin and IT) Haryana, Dr. A.S. Chawla administered the pledge to various ranks of Haryana Police in a function organised at the Police headquarters.

Dr. Chawla administered the pledge of having abiding faith in democracy and maintaining the dignity of democratic values like free, fair, and peaceful elections. The Police officers and personnel who were present at the event pledged to use their voting rights in every election fearlessly and without being influenced by considerations of religion, race, caste, community, language, or any inducement.

Additional DGP (Law and Order) Sandeep Khirwar, AIG Provisioning Kamaldeep Goyal, AIG Welfare Rajeev Deswal, Additional Director (Legal) Sat Parkash and other officers were also present on this occasion.

Every year, January 25 is observed as National Voters’ Day.

IEP Chandigarh, January 25

Haryana Chief Minister, during a recently held state-level programme of Lord Parshuram Mahakumbh made several announcements, which are now taking a particle shape. After notifying the setting up of a medical college in the name of Lord Parshuram in Kaithal, now Sh. Manohar Lal has written a demi-official letter to the Union Minister of Communications, Sh. Ashwini Vaishnaw to issue appropriate directions to the Department of Posts to consider issuing a special Commemorative Postage Stamp in the name of Lord Parshuram.Lord Parshuram is known to be the sixth incarnation among the Dashavatara of Lord Vishnu in Hinduism. He is the human avatar of Lord Vishnu and is called the God of Justice. He is the one who was present during Mahabharat as well as Ramayan and has met Lord Ram, reads the letter.The letter further reads, Born to Jamdagni and Renuka, he was foretold to appear at a time when overwhelming evil prevailed on earth. Since Parshuram was a great devotee of Lord Shiva, it is believed that he got the axe from God himself after pleasing Him. A symbol of Bhakti and Shakti, he is believed to be a great mighty, majestic, gau – rakshak and savior of the poor and well versed in brahm – vidya and shastra – vidya. The legends of Lord Parshuram appear in many Hindu texts and there are many temples in India dedicated to Him. 

IEP Chandigarh, January 23

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala paid rich tributes to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his birth anniversary today. He added that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was the foremost leader of the freedom struggle and to fight against the British Raj, he formed the Azad Hind Fauj.

He added that Netaji’s proclamation of ‘Jai Hind’ and ‘Tum Mujhe Khoon Do, Main Tumhe Azadi Dunga’ (Give me blood and I will give you freedom) had awakened everyone to true devotion to the motherland during the freedom struggle. Netaji’s life, his thoughts, his patriotism, his leadership, his courage, and the strength to fight challenges have given a new direction to the nation which strengthens the feeling of nationalism among all citizens, he added.

IEP Chandigarh, January 23

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal today inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 18 projects worth Rs 278.30 crore during the ‘Madhur Milan’ programme and ‘Pragati Rally’, being organized by Development and Panchayats Minister, Sh.Devender Singh Babli, on the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at Tohana’s Bidhai Khera village.

On the occasion, Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala, MP Smt. Sunita Duggal and MLAs Dura Ram and Lakshman Napa were also present.

Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal inaugurated 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 was inaugurated.

Along with this, the Chief Minister laid 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 was also laid.

He also laid 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 Chief Minister also laid 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.

New announcements including construction of roads and irrigation projects costing about Rs 270 crore

Making new announcements during the programme today, the Chief Minister said that Tohana to Ratia road would be constructed at a cost of Rs 87 crore. He said that Jakhal to Dharsul road will be beautified and widened, which will cost Rs 67 crore. Also, Tohana to Bhuna road will be widened at a cost of Rs 20.50 crore and Surewala to Bhuna road will be constructed at a cost of Rs 27.50 crore. Apart from this, construction of Tohana, Saniana and Bidhai Khera road will also be done at a cost of Rs 8.50 crore.

The Chief Minister also announced two projects for remodeling of Fatehabad branch at a cost of Rs 36 crore, two projects of Bhakra main line at a cost of Rs 11 crore, construction of a bridge over Bidhai Khera Dangra Canal at a cost of Rs 10 crore.

He said that 26 works of Gram Darshan Portal worth Rs 39 crore would be completed. In this way, Tohana residents got the gift of development works worth Rs 580 crore.

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.