'City's woes will get speedy redressal'

Chandigarh Newsline
CHANDIGARH, JANUARY 29: The city units of various political parties and other organisations have welcomed the appointment of MP Pawan Kumar Bansal as Union Minister of State for Finance today. ...
... Former BJP MP Satya Pal Jain said it's a matter of pleasure that MP Pawan Kumar Bansal has been made a Central Minister. Jain said now Bansal should find it easier to tackle and solve the problems faced by city residents. ...

'Bansal should resign for misusing MP funds'

Former BJP MP seeks Parliamentary Committee probe
The Hindu
CHANDIGARH: The Chandigarh Vikas Manch has reiterated its demand that the local Congress MP, Pawan Kumar Bansal, should resign from the Lok Sabha on moral grounds in connection with the alleged "misuse" of MPLAD Funds. ...
... Former local BJP MP Satya Pal Jain said here on Wednesday that the allegations against Mr.Bansal should also be probed by the Parliamentary Committee and the same standards should be applied against him as in the case of the other MPs who are already in the "dock" for alleged misuse of MPLAD funds.
He also charged that Mr.Bansal was issuing different statements to the media. ...

MPLADS funds misuse: Pawan Bansal resigns from House Panel

Indian Express- New Delhi
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 26: In an embarrassing development, Congress MP Pawan Kumar Bansal 'who heads the Lok Sabha inquiry committee probing the misappropriation of MPLADS funds'resigned this morning from the panel after allegations that he himself had "misused" his own MPLADS fund.
Satya Pal Jain, former BJP MP and a member of the party's National Executive, has alleged that Bansal, an MP from Chandigarh, gave Rs 5 lakh from his MPLADS fund to the Chandigarh Golf Club for the construction of a squash court that was never built. He also claimed that Bansal was given honorary membership of the club a few months before he allocated funds for the squash court. ...

Bansal quits PAC membership over MPLAD fund fraud charge

Chandigarh Newsline
Chandigarh, January 25: Local MP Pawan Kumar Bansal today tendered his resignation from membership of the Parliament Affairs Committee (PAC) after his name surfaced in controversial allocation of MPLAD funds worth Rs 5 lakh to Chandigarh Golf Club. The amount was allegedly allocated in the year 2000 for construction of squash courts at the Club. ...
... Welcoming Bansal's decision, former MP Satya Pal Jain demanded a PAC probe into misuse of public money and called for similar yardstick as adopted against MPs who were recently exposed of having accepted bribes to pose questions in Parliament. ...

Dhawan, Jain flay Bansal over MPLAD fund issue

PunjabKesari.com
Chandigarh: Former MPs Satya Pal Jain and Harmohan Dhawan have locked horns with MP Pawan Kumar Bansal over the issue of alleged allocation of Rs 5 lakh from MPLAD fund to Chandigarh Golf Club in 2000. ...
... Satya Pal Jain, meanwhile, said this sum was given to a private institution like the Golf Club, which does not require money. "Merely to appease the elite members of the Club, the MP flouted all rules and regulations. He was given membership of the Club even though he doesn't know how to play golf, "Jain said. ...

Ethics' MP uses funds for squash and golf

The Asian Age- India
Chandigarh, Jan. 24: The Congress Party's MP from Chandigarh, Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, who as chairman of a parliamentary probe committee recommended the expulsion of MPs found guilty of accepting money for posing questions in Parliament, has several embarrassing skeletons in his own cupboard.
While there is no direct charge of Mr Bansal having actually accepted money from anyone, he appears to have established his own set of definitions of what the word "development" in Member of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) Fund should mean.
Consider the evidence: Rs 5 lakhs sanctioned to the Chandigarh Golf Club for construction of a spanking new squash court for its highly influential and wealthy members. A similar sum to the almost equally posh Chandigarh Golf Association (according to the BJP). And topping the list is Rs 7 lakhs for the Chandigarh Press Club. ...
... former BJP MP from Chandigarh Satya Pal Jain told this newspaper, "I have checked the records and found that he (Mr Bansal) has sanctioned a similarly large sum of money to the Chandigarh Golf Association."
Mr Jain has sought a thorough scrutiny of Mr Bansal's MPLAD spending and has advised him to resign both from the chairmanship of the parliamentary committee he heads, and his membership of the Lok Sabha. "After all, the honourable Speaker, Somnath Chatterjee, has publicly promised to view such matters with extreme strictness. Bansal would do well to leave before he is also expelled like the MPs he helped send home." ...
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Dhawan, Jain flay Bansal over MPLAD fund issue

Chandigarh Newsline
Chandigarh, January 24: Former MPs Satya Pal Jain and Harmohan Dhawan have locked horns with MP Pawan Kumar Bansal over the issue of alleged allocation of Rs 5 lakh from MPLAD fund to Chandigarh Golf Club in 2000. ...
... Satya Pal Jain, meanwhile, said this sum was given to a private institution like the Golf Club, which does not require money. "Merely to appease the elite members of the Club, the MP flouted all rules and regulations. He was given membership of the Club even though he doesn't know how to play golf," Jain said. ..

Bansal must step down, says Jain

Row over MPLAD fund
Chandigarh Tribune
Chandigarh, January 24 : Accusing Congress MP Pawan Kumar Bansal of 'misusing' his office, Mr Satya Pal Jain, a former BJP MP and a member of the national executive of the party, today demanded an investigation by a parliamentary committee into the issue of Mr Bansal giving money from the MPLAD fund to the Chandigarh Golf Club and in return getting an Honorary membership. ...

BJP against misuse of national flag, emblem

Webindia123.com- India
CHANDIGARH, JANUARY 21: Raking up the issue of misuse of national flag and emblem in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Satya Pal Jain today threatened to file a petition in the court.
Talking to media persons here, national convenor of the BJP's legal cell Mr Jain said here, Punjab Governor's car with national emblem is often seen being used by persons other than the Governor. ...

BJP against misuse of national flag, emblem

PunjabNewsline.com
CHANDIGARH: Raking up the issue of misuse of national flag and emblem in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Satya Pal Jain today threatened to file a petition in the court.
Talking to media persons here, national convenor of the BJP's legal cell Mr Jain said here, Punjab Governor's car with national emblem is often seen being used by persons other than the Governor.
Mr Jain also pointed out Chief Parliamentary Secretary and Parliamentary Secretaries being appointed by the Congress governments in Punjab and Haryana are using national flags on their vehicles, which according to the Constitution of India, they are not entitled to do. ...

Jain flays Congress-led UPA govt for not fulfilling election promises

Chandigarh Newsline- Chandigarh, India
Chandigarh, January 21: FORMER MP Satya Pal Jain came down heavily on the Congress-led UPA government for not fulfilling its election promises. The MP accused the government for ignoring Chandigarh's developmental issues.
He said during the last 20 months, Congress had not fulfilled any of the promises made during the Lok Sabha polls like turning the Chandigarh Airport into an International Airport, granting Class 'A' status to the city, implementing the Balanced Rent Act for traders, Metro Rail, regularisation of need-based changes in houses, giving ownership rights to Type 13 house allottee employees and extension of lal dora. ...

'Take Action for misuse of national emblem'

The Times of India- Chandigarh
CHANDIGARH: Addressing a press conference on Saturday, former MP Satya Pal Jain urged the governor, chief ministers and cabinet secretaries of Punjab & Haryana to take strict action against those who are allegedly insulting the national flag and the other national emblems.
He said that the cars with national emblem can be used only by the Governors and not by their family members or staff. ...

Cong has not fulfilled any promise: Jain

Chandigarh Tribune
Chandigarh, January 21: Mr Satya Pal Jain, former BJP MP and member of the National Executive of the party, demanded the Congress (I)-led UPA Govt. at the Centre to seriously look into the issue of phone tapping and also demanded that the people in the city receiving letters should not be harassed by the police. Instead, in-depth investigation should be conducted and action taken against those 'sending the letters' not those 'receiving it.' ...

Case registered in phone-tapping case

The Tribune- Chandigarh, India

Chandigarh, January 20: Taking a services note of the letter received by Dainik Tribune correspondent pertaining to the phone-tapping of six telephone numbers, including one of former Member of Parliament of the BJP, Mr Sat Pal Jain, the police has registered a case of forgery and criminal conspiracy in this connection. ...

Phone tapping: Jain, scribe, too, get letters

The Tribune- Chandigarh, India

Chandigarh, January 19: Even as mystery shrouds the letter behind the phone-tapping controversy pertaining to tapping of telephones of six persons, including two judicial officers, similar letters were received by a former BJP MP, Mr Sat Pal Jain and Danik Tribune correspondent Ramesh Handa. ...

... Mr Sat Pal Jain, when contacted, confirmed the receipt of the letter mentioning six telephone numbers that were allegedly being tapped by the BSNL for the Chandigarh Police. He had received the letter on Wednesday. Mr Jain added that he tried to contact the UT Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Gaurav Yadav, today, but he was not available. Mr Jain, who was on his way to Delhi, said he would contact the UT Police again after coming back to the city. ...

SP Jain elected Dean, Punjab University

Organiser- New Delhi, India

Shri Satya Pal Jain, Ex MP and National Convenor of the Legal Cell of the BJP has been unanimously elected as Dean of the Faculty of Law, Punjab University Chandigarh. The election was held in the Senate Hall of the University. 

   Shri Jain, a Senior Advocate of Punjab and Haryana High Court, is also a member of the National Working Committee of the BJP and has been a member of 11th and 12th Lok Sabha in 1996 and 1998, is the first BJP worker to be elected to this post. ...

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BJP to challenge Parliamentary Secretaries in Haryana

Webindia123.com- India

CHANDIGARH, JANUARY 14: The BJP has decided to challenge in court the appointment of a Chief Parliamentary Secretary (CPS) and seven Parliamentary Secretaries by Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today.

   We will file the petition against the appointment in the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a week or so,'' national convenor of BJP Legal Cell Satya Pal Jain told UNI a few hours after the swearing-in of the eight officials here. ...

BJP to move High Court

Appointment of Parliamentary Secys

The Tribune- Haryana, India

Chandigarh, January 14: Today's action of the Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Haryana Government in appointing a party MLA as Chief Parliamentary Secretary (CPS) and seven others as Parliamentary Secretaries (PS) will be challenged in the Punjab and Haryana High Court by the state unit of the BJP.

   Confirming that a decision had already been taken within the party to mount a legal challenge to the 'unconstitutional' appointment of the MLAs as CPS and PS, Mr Satyapal Jain, former Chandigarh MP and national convener of the legal cell of the BJP, said the chief of the Haryana unit of the BJP had already consulted him on the issue.

Jain targets govt over demolitions

Chandigarh Tribune

Chandigarh, January 9: Former MP and senior BJP leader Satya Pal Jain has accused the Congress-led government at the Centre of carrying out large-scale demolitions in the city -something, he claimed, had never happened before.

   He was addressing people at a religious programme organised on the occasion of 'Prakash Utsav' of Guru Gobind Singh at Dadu Majra, where 14 religious places, including temples, a gurdwara and a masjid were demolished last year, yesterday. ...

 

Angan Foundation donates blankets

Mr Satya Pal Jain, former Chandigarh MP, donates blankets among the needy in the Industrial Area, Phase-I, Chandigarh, on Sunday. (Image Courtesy: The Tribune)

Chandigarh Tribune

Mohali, January 8: Members of the Angan Foundation here donated 100 blankets at the PGI today. These blankets were handed over by Mr Satya Pal Jain, former Chandigarh MP, to members of the Shri Sathya Sai Sewa Organisation, PGI. Mr R.D. Sharma, convener of the organisation, thanked the trustees of the Angan Foundation.

   Meanwhile, Mr Jain also distributed blankets among labourers in the Industrial Area, Phase-I, Chandigarh.]