Jain tours city seeking votes

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Chandigarh, May 8: Mr Satya Pal Jain, local BJP candidate for the forthcoming parliamentary election, today visited different parts of the city showing his commitment for public welfare.
On the last day of the campaign, Mr Jain met members of various social, religious and political organisations. He met delegates of the UT Employees Pensioners Association, the Family Pensioners Welfare Association, the Himachal Vikas Manch, the Chandigarh Class-IV Government Employees Union and the Tenants Welfare Association.
Mr Jain took a round of Sectors 7, 26, 19, 18, 21, 20, 30, 29 and 33 in a Gipsy. Later, he addressed a gathering of employees of Government Medical College, Sector 32.

Cong-led Oppn lacks unanimity, says Jaitley

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Mr Arun Jaitley, Union Law and Commerce Minister, addresses a special session organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party at Tagore Theatre, Sector 18, Chandigarh, on Saturday. [Image Courtesy- TribuneIndia.com]

Vajpayee gives blessings to Jain

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With just 36 hours to go for his fate to be decided, Mr Satya Pal Jain, of the BJP rushed to the Chandigarh airport to seek the blessings of Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The Prime Minister stopped at the Chandigarh airport before boarding a helicopter for Mandi on Saturday. [Image Courtesy: Tribuneindia.com]

Chandigarh, May 8: Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Prime Minister, today gave his blessings to Mr Satya Pal Jain, the local BJP candidate for the forthcoming parliamentary elections, here today. Mr Vajpayee had stopped briefly at the airport around 11.25 am before he boarded a helicopter for a flight to Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) where he was to address an election rally.
Justice O.P. Verma and Babu Parmanand, Governors of Punjab and Haryana, respectively, were present at the venue to welcome the Prime Minister. Also present was Mr Yash Pal Mahajan, president of the local unit of the BJP.
Mr Vajpayee had a brief interaction with Mr Jain. A party press note said Mr Vajpayee communicated to Mr Jain that the National Democratic Alliance was comfortably placed in forming the government after the elections. He stayed at the airport for about 15 minutes.

Sonia cant feel for Indians, says Sushma

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Union Minister Sushma Swaraj is welcomed by Mr Satya Pal Jain, BJP candidate from Chandigarh, during an election rally at Nehru Park, Sector 22, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. [Image Courtesy: The Tribune; Photo by Pankaj Sharma]

Chandigarh, May 4
Ms Sonia Gandhi does not know the real India and has no moral right to demand votes from people whose problems she cannot feel, said Ms Sushma Swaraj, Union Health Minister, while addressing a Bharatiya Janata Party rally at Nehru Park, Sector 22, here this evening.
She addressed the rally in support of Mr Satya Pal Jain, local BJP candidate in the forthcoming parliamentary elections.

Jain complains about Bansal's assets

Times of India

3 May 2004,CHANDIGARH: BJP candidate Satya Pal Jain on Monday lodged a complaint with the Returning Officer (RO) for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency against his Congress opponent Pawan Kumar Jain regarding the assets disclosed by the latter in his poll nomination affidavit.
Releasing a copy of the complaint to the media, Jain said he told the returning officer about the pecuniary interest Bansal has in the Heritage Educational Society, which runs the Delhi Public School in the city.
The complaint Bansal said that in the affidavit Jain had claimed that he had advanced an unsecured loan of Rs 9.88 lakh to the society, but had not mentioned the rate of interest at which the money had been lent.
It said Bansal had also not mentioned about any guarantee or mortgaging of any asset against the said loan. More over, Bansal had also failed to disclose his interest in the property of the society in which he was a member along with his sons and Congress leader Ambika Soni, the complaint said.
Jain also appealed to the RO to take appropriate action against Bansal for concealing the facts in his affidavit despite it being mandatory for him to do so.
Jain also claimed that Bansal had not utilised his MPLADs funds properly during his tenure as an MP from the city between 1991 and 1996. He said during the period, Bansal had got Rs 2.05 crore from the MP fund, but 1.17 crore of the fund was left unutilised

Sushma's poll campaign in city advanced

Times of India
3 May 2004, CHANDIGARH: BJP leader and Union minister Sushma Swaraj campaign programme in the city has been advanced to Tuesday instead of Wednesday, according to a party press release here.
Sushma will be addressing a rally in Nehru Park in Sector 22.
The BJP will also organise a Vishal rally on the day in which villagers from around the city will participate. The rally will be flagged off at 10 a.m. by the BJP unit president Yash Pal Mahajan, the release said.
Meanwhile, the BJP got a shot in its arm when about 500 Muslims from Colony no. 5 on Sunday visited the party office in Sector 33-A and joined the party.
The Muslim members also decided to support the BJP candidate Satya Pal Jain in the elections and ensure his victory, the release added.
A large number of Mahila Congress workers from Bapu Dham colony too joined the BJP in the presence of Jain's wife Sashi Bala on Saturday evening, the release said. On Sunday alone, Jain undertook three padyatras in Maloya village and Sector 56. A delegation of JVG Investors Group visited the BJP office and met Jain. They also informed Jain about the cheating done by the JVG Investment Company. Jain assured them that their problems with the company would be solved soon after the elections.
At a congregation of Sikhs in six gurdwaras of the city, Jain was presented with siropas. The Sikh voters at these meetings assured their support to Jain, the release added.
The gathering also announced that the Congress was the Sikh community's first enemy. Jain also addressed 10 rallies at Kishangarh, Darua, Mauli Jagran, Sanjay Labour Colony, Industrial Area Phase I, Makhan Majra, Raipur Khurd, Hallo Majra and Ram Darbar.

Jain promises to work for Chandigarh-Lahore rail link

Times of India
2 May 2004, KHARAR: Kharar-born BJP candidate from Chandigarh Satya Pal Jain announced here on Saturday that he would try to initiate Chandigarh-Lahore railway service on the patterns of present Samjhauta Express, if elected.
He was here in connection with a gathering organised by the residents of the township to pledge their support to Jain. Many prominent residents, cutting across party lines and Jain's family members living here were present on the occasion. They promised that they would leave no stone unturned and would contact their relatives and friends in Chandigarh and press them to vote for Jain.
Jain said that his promise of Chandigarh-Lahore rail link would only materialise if the thaw in the Indo-Pak relations continues. He said that the Vajpayee government is trying its best to enhance people-to-people contacts and economic relations with Pakistan. He added that this rail link is also essential as a large number of people of this area have been born and brought up in Pakistan and still want to keep contact with their place of birth.
Recalling his childhood days spent in this township, Jain said that his father late Lal Roop Lal Jain, who sold newspapers here, taught him the lesson of honesty and all his achievements have been due to the firm foundations laid during his childhood days spent in Kharar.

Sushma to campaign in the city

Times of India
1 May 2004, CHANDIGARH: BJP leader and Union Minister Sushma Swaraj will be addressing a rally in the city in favour of party candidate Satya Pal Jain on May 5.
This comes close on the heels of Congress announcing its president Sonia Gandhi's rally plans for the city.
The BJP has been projecting Sushma as the rival of Sonia and she had contested against the latter in Bellary, Karnataka, in the 1999 Lok Sabha polls, but had lost the elections.
The local unit of the BJP is preparing itself for the Sushma rally and is expected announce the venue and the time of the rally in a couple days.
On Friday, Jain participated in a series of four padyatras in Kishangarh, Sector 22, 47 and 31 Market. He also addressed several rallies community centre in Manimajra, Sector 19, 22, 39, 56 and villages Butrela and Maloya.
Jain announced that he would work for formulating uniform cable TV rates prevent residents from being fleeced by the cable TV operators.
He also said the civic problems facing the residents of cooperative society build-ings would be solved on a priority basis.