March 7, 2010
March 1, 2010
Anomalies in recruitment a rude jolt to residents
Chandigarh Newsline
The glaring anomalies in the process of recruitment of teachers by the UT Administration have the residents of the city demanding a probe into the irregularities. The residents feel the Administration should not play with the future of the next generation.
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Satya Pal Jain, BJP leader and Senior Advocate
"The scam has shaken the confidence of the people in the Administration. Bungling of any manner should be dealt with strictly and the guilty be punished irrespective of their ranks. A teacher who is recruited through immoral means cannot teach moral values to students. The Administration is playing with the future of thousands of students who would come in contact with these teachers. Action should be taken against the guilty as per law. Legal experts and educationists need to be taken into confidence."
February 27, 2010
Budget evokes mixed response from city
Chandigarh Newsline
Chandigarh: The Budget 2010-11 has generated a mixed response from Chandigarh residents. ...
Retired defence personnel, meanwhile, were of the view that just a four per cent increase in defence expenditure would not be commensurate with the growing inflation. ...
According to senior citizens’ associations run across the country by Helpage India, it has been found that 82.5 per cent of the elderly have been affected adversely by the rise in prices over the last year and 92.4 per cent feel that the government has done nothing in this regard.
The lower and middle income groups have been hit the hardest. While 71.6 per cent senior citizens have cut down on their health expenditure, 40.8 per cent have curtailed the expense on their diets. Nearly 27.8 per cent people have witnessed tension/anxiety levels rise in their families, due to which their relationships have been strained. ..
From the political gallery
Satya Pal Jain, BJP
The budget is a betrayal of faith by the Congress government in whom the people had reposed their trust just a few months ago. The common man who was already under stress due to tremendous increase in prices has been pushed to the wall. Essential commodities have become out of reach of the common man.
February 24, 2010
Former MP Satya Pal Jain with UT BJP president Sanjay Tandon sit on a peace protest against the killing of Sikhs in Pakistan, in front of the Sector 46 gurdwara, Chandigarh
Chandigarh Tribune
February 7, 2010
Price rise protest: BJP leaders court arrest
Chandigarh Newsline
Feb 07, 2010, Chandigarh: The city unit of Bharatiya Janata Party held a demonstration at the roundabout of Sector 7-8-18-19 on Saturday. Hundreds of party workers and leaders gathered and raised slogans against the increasing prices of essential commodities.
... Party workers tied black bands as a mark of protest and wore garlands of vegetables. Senior leaders of the party, while addressing the gathering, lambasted the Congress-led UPA government on its failure to control the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities.
... Former MP Satya Pal Jain said the essential coordination required between different departments of the government appears to be lacking. “This is a time for action since the inflationary trends have caused enormous misery to the common man and the government is not taking any positive step to check the problem,” he said.
The BJP leaders said it was an alarming situation as the increase in the prices of food articles will also eventually impact the prices of manufactured items of common consumption. ...
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