BJP protests against contractor

Chandigarh Tribune

Chandigarh, March 30: Activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party today lodged a protest against the electricity contractor for allegedly misbehaving with the public over inflated bills. At a demonstration held at Transport Chowk, the activists demanded the cancellation of the contract and burnt an effigy of the contractor.

        Maintaining that the contractor was charging exorbitant bills from the poor, the president of the BJP Labour Colony Cell, Mr Megh Raj Verma, said paying to a contractor was not acceptable to the residents.

        Referring to a police case which has been registered against the contractor, Mr Verma added that the poor people of the colony were being unnecessarily harassed by the contractor. A former Member of Parliament, Mr Satpal Jain, also participated in the protest and lashed out at the Congress for implementing wrong policies which did not favour the poor.

BJP Seeks Sonia's disqualification; petitions President

Outlook India
NEW DELHI, MARCH 23: Stepping up its offensive, BJP today petitioned President A P J Abdul Kalam seeking disqualification of Congress President Sonia Gandhi on grounds of holding an office of profit as Chairperson of National Advisory Council.
A four-member party delegation submitted the petition to the President's office seeking its early forwarding to the Election Commission and hoped an "impartial decision" would be taken....
... The BJP leader was accompanied by party spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad and its legal cell convenor Satpal Jain. ...
... The BJP cited three of the Supreme Court judgements and the Shibu Soren case in its petition to the presidential secretariat, Jain said.
"It is not mentioned anywhere that the National Advisory Council (on the UPA's common minimum programme) is not an office of profit. In this case, a government notification clearly says that a chairperson of the National Advisory Council will be entitled to all facilities given to a (Cabinet Minister," he added.
The BJP, however, made no complaint against any others except Gandhi.
"This petition seeks disqualification of Sonia Gandhi only," Jain said.
He claimed Gandhi would face disqualification even if an Ordinance was passed with retrospective effect. ...

Sidhu files affidavit in HC

Zee News Online- Noida, India
CHANDIGARH, MARCH 20: BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu today filed an affidavit in Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging the reply filed by the Punjab government in a case pertaining to the release of excise duty arrears which the state government allegedly owed to the Amritsar Municipal Corporation.
The Punjab government had earlier submitted before the court that it has already released the entire amount of Rs 148 crore to all the local bodies in the state of Punjab. ...
... Sidhu, who was present in the court along with his counsel and former BJP MP Satya Pal Jain, also stated in his affidavit that he wrote two letters to mayor of the MC, Amritsar on March 4 asking him to clarify the actual position of payment of arrears by Punjab government to the MC, "but there was no response".

BJP activists burn effigy of UPA govt

Chandigarh Tribune
Chandigarh, March 10: BJP activists of Colony No. 4 today burnt the effigy of the UPA government in protest against the "anti-people" policies of the government. Addressing the protesters, Mr Satya Pal Jain, a former MP, alleged that with the coming of the UPA government in power at the Centre the prices of essential commodities had skyrocketed . ....

Sushma Plants Kamalam in city

Chandigarh Newsline
CHANDIGARH, MARCH 4: ...Former union minister and senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj, who was the chief guest on the occasion, said, "It's a foundation stone of faith, principle and values for which BJP is known." She was addressing party workers at the party office in Sector 33-A. ...
... National BJP legal cell convener and former MP Satya Pal Jain alleged that the Congress party ignored city residents during the Railway Budget as no additional train was introduced for the city.
Jain also condemned the Municipal Corporation for " burden on city residents in the form of property tax and paid parking."
He commended the BJP-led NDA govt for the Chandigarh-Ludhiana railway track, the foundation stone of which was laid by the then railway minister Nitish Kumar.
Jain said MP and Union Finance Minister of State Pawan Kumar Bansal had failed to get funds allocated for the Metro Rail project. ...

Manu's silence under प्रेशर

Times of India
Rajan Walia
5 Mar 2006, CHANDIGARH: While UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has asked home minister Shivraj Patil to ensure protection of witnesses in sensitive criminal cases to prevent them from turning hostile under pressure or for a price, public outcry is building up over the Jessica Lal court verdict. ...
... Top BJP leader and former city MP Satya Pal Jain says whether Manu is evading the public and the media or has gone into hiding, the truth is bound to come out.
"One only hides from somebody when one does not have a clear conscience. But it would still be very premature to say if Manu is undergoing fear psychosis which could be a reason for his hiding from public view"...