The Financial World
31 December, 2009
BJP Celebrates Completion of 2-Years Rule in Himachal
The Financial World
Issues:
Development,
Himachal Pradesh
CM hints at direct election
The Tribune
Shimla, December 30
Chief Minister PK Dhumal said the government would consider holding of direct election for the posts of vice-president of municipal corporation, municipal committee, nagar panchayats and other local bodies with a view to ensuring more transparency in the election process at the grassroot level.
He was speaking at the state-level function held at Mandi today to mark the completion of two years of the BJP government in the state. ...
Dhumal said the Rs 263-crore project of Japan Agency of International Cooperation to produce organic fertilisers was being finalised with the Japan government to give boost to organic farming in the state. ....
“The IIT classes will start in Mandi from the next academic session, besides work on the construction of the ESI Medical College at Ner Chowk would be completed soon,” he said. He added that one more private medical college would be established in the Sarkaghat area. ...
Dhumal said besides implementing the recommendations of the 5th Pay Commission of Punjab, all DA instalments had been paid to employees giving them benefit worth thousands of crores of rupees. ...
Others who spoke on the occasion included in charge of BJP affairs in Himachal Satya Pal Jain, state BJP chief Khimi Ram, ministers Gulab Singh Thakur, Jai Ram Thakur and Mahender Singh. ...
Issues:
Development,
Himachal Pradesh
29 December, 2009
28 December, 2009
BJP asks PM to call meeting of CMs of northern states
PTI News
Shimla, Dec 28 (PTI) BJP today said the Centre should convene a meeting of Chief Ministers of northern states to solve several pending issues among them.
"The PM should convene a meeting of chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Chandigarh to take up matters of inter-state disputes among them," BJP leader Satyapal Jain and party convener for Himachal Pradesh told reporters here.
"Due to non-implementation of several provisions of the state reorganisation Act 1946, disputes have risen in these states and HP has not got its due share because of this," he said. ...
Issues:
Himachal Pradesh
26 December, 2009
Dhumal meets new BJP chief
The Tribune
Shimla, December 25: Chief minister P.K. Dhumal called on the new national BJP chief Nitin Gadkari at New Delhi today to apprise him of the political and economic situation in the state.
Dhumal apprised the party chief about the steps initiated by his government for the welfare of employees, youth, women, students and other weaker sections of society. He also outlined various ambitious projects that were underway in the hill state.
The chief minister was accompanied by MP from Hamirpur, Anurag Thakur, and Satya Pal Jain, in charge of BJP affairs, in Himachal.
Issues:
Himachal Pradesh
25 December, 2009
19 December, 2009
BJP to take action against rebels
The Tribune 
Shimla, December 18: Perturbed over cross voting by two of its councillors in the election of the Mayor of the local Municipal Corporation, the BJP will take action against the guilty once the inquiry is over.
Addressing a press conference here today, in charge of BJP affairs in Himachal, Satya Pal Jain said the party was concerned over the matter and an inquiry was already on into the incident. “Being a secret ballot, it is very difficult to ascertain as to who cross votes but even then the matter is being probed into,” he said.
In reply to a query if any action was initiated with regard to the Jawali debacle, he said no complaint had been received by the party so far.
“Allegations of anti-party activities against Rakesh Pathania cannot be looked into as he is an Independent MLA even though he has been supporting the BJP,” he said.
Jain said the process of organisational elections in the state was on and this time the membership had gone up from 3.20 lakh to 3.70 lakh.
He dismissed reports that any names for the post of state party chief had been discussed. “The issue will be decided through consensus once the elections to the district bodies are complete,” he said.
Jain said this year, on the occasion of completion of two years by the BJP regime in the state, instead of holding one big rally, functions will be held at all district headquarters and later at the mandal level.
Issues:
Himachal Pradesh
BJP state president only by consensus, says Jain
Indian Express
Shimla: Satya Pal Jain, former MP and Bharatiya Janata Party’s Himachal affairs in-charge, said the next state president of the party would be elected through consensus. He hinted that present chief Khimi Ram could be the most acceptable choice of senior leaders.
At a press conference on Friday, Jain said the process for organisational elections was already under way and the membership drive started by the party had ended with 3.7 lakh new members. The first phase of electing mandal heads will be completed by the end of this month, while district presidents will be elected in January. Jain said the election of the state party chief would not be held before a new party president—a replacement to Rajnath Singh—was in place. The BJP leader denied that there was any clash of interests on choosing the next state president, adding that the party’s core group meeting at Dharamshala had not deliberated on any name till now. “There is no question of any minister or MLA being tipped for the post,” he said. “The new president will be elected after full consultations with senior leaders,” added Jain.
CFSL stands by report on voice samples
Indian Express
Shimla: The Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), Chandigarh, has reaffirmed the scientific veracity of its report on the voice samples of Union Minister for Steel Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh, on the basis of which the state’s Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau had registered an FIR against the two on charges of corruption.
The case was listed for hearing before Justice Kuldeep Singh of the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Friday. ...
... Appearing for the state government, senior lawyer and former BJP MP Satya Pal Jain opposed Virbhadra’s plea seeking quashing of the FIR and said the case was registered on the basis of an inquiry conducted by a senior IPS officer, A P Singh, statements of witnesses and identification of the voices of the accused. After becoming the Union minister, Virbhadra Singh had appointed Singh as his private secretary.
Issues:
Corruption,
Himachal Pradesh
18 December, 2009
Jain accuses Centre of mishandling Telengana issue
NewKerela.com
Shimla, Dec 18 : Mr Satyapal Jain, incharge of BJP affairs in Himachal Pradesh, today accused the UPA Government of mishandling the issue of ‘Telengana state'.
Speaking to the media here, he said the BJP stood for smaller states and supported the cause of Telengana statehood.
Under the NDA government, it was the statesmanship of then Prime Minister A B Vajpayee to create the states of Uttrakhand, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand without much fuss. On the other hand the UPA government had allowed the Telengana issue to drift and caused a rift within a state, he added.
He said the government should not backtrack from its commitments made to the people on the Telengana issue.
Speaking about organisational elections in Himachal, Mr Jain disclosed that the membership drive had so far registered 3.70 lakh members, which was more than the 3.20 lakh members registered three yeard ago.
The party hold a membership campaign after every 3 years when all existing and new members have to register themselves with the party, he said. Only after completion of the membership drive, assembly level ‘mandal’ elections would be held, which would be followed by election of district presidents and state party president.
About cross voting in the Shimla municipal corporation elections, Mr Jain said that efforts were being made to find out the BJP members who had not voted for the party candidate and action would be taken against them.
Issues:
Himachal Pradesh,
Telangana
BJP Reports Increase In Party Membership In Himachal
Himachal.us
Shimla: BJP in the midst of its party membership drive in Himachal today reported a substantial increase in numbers and said that organisational elections culminating in election of state party president and national president would only be held after completion of lower level party functionary elections.
Speaking to the media here Satyapal Jain, party incharge for Himachal said that the membership drive had so far registered 3.70 lakh members, which was more than the 3.20 lakh members that were registered three year ago.
The party holds a membership campaign after every 3 years when all existing and new members one have to register to be with the party, he added.
... Jain denied media reports that any names had been considered for state president position yet. However, he maintained that election for all positions would be held by consensus.
On completion of 2 years in office falling on 30th December, Jain said that instead of one large function like last time that was presided over by LK Advani, the party this time around would hold smaller functions at district headquarters. A minister and a party worker would preside over these functions. Later functions would held at constituency levels, he said.
Telengana Divide UPA’s Incompetence
Terming it as ‘incompetence of the UPA government’, BJP here today came down harshly over mishandling the creation of a separate ‘Telengana’ state.
Jain said, BJP stood for smaller states and supported the cause of Telengana statehood.
Under the UPA government, it was the statesmanship of the AB Vajpayee led team that was able to create the states of Uttrakhand, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand without much fuss. On the other hand the UPA government had allowed the Telengana issue to drift and caused a rift within a state that was ruled by congress party, said Jain.
Hope the government does not backtrack on the Telengana issue and let down on the commitments made to the people, he added.
Issues:
Himachal Pradesh,
Telangana
14 December, 2009
Khimi to continue as state BJP chief
The Tribune
Dharamsala, December 13: Present acting state president of the BJP Khimi Ram would continue till at least February next year. He can even be considered for being the permanent president of the party after organisational elections are completed in the state.
This was stated by Satpal Jain, in charge of the party affairs for Himachal, while talking to The Tribune, when contacted on phone.
Setting at rest all speculations regarding the decision for the next state party president that was fuelled by the meeting of the core group of the BJP that was held at Dharamsala last night, Satpal Jain said the issue of state president of the party was not discussed at the meeting. There was no question regarding the consideration of names of two Cabinet ministers, including JP Nadda and Rajiv Bindal, for the state presidentship of the party.
He said the core group meeting, that was also attended by Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and national party vice-president Shanta Kumar, was a routine meeting. It was to discuss the party election that was being held at booth and mandal-levels in the state.
... Satpal Jain said the main decision that was taken at the meeting was to draw a strategy for organising a function to commemorate completion of two years of the state government in December end.
... When asked about the decision regarding electing the state president unanimously, Jain said all office-bearers at the district and state-level were likely to be appointed unanimously.
He said present state president Khimi Ram was also doing a good job and could be considered for the top party post.
Issues:
Himachal Pradesh
13 December, 2009
तेलंगाना राज्य के गठन पर केन्द्र अपनी स्थिति स्पष्ट करे: सतपाल जैन
अजीत समाचार, जालन्धर 
Issues:
Price Rise,
Telangana
केन्द्र ज्वलंत मुद्दों को हल करने में असमर्थ: जैन
दैनिक जागरण, धर्मशाला
Issues:
Congress,
Price Rise,
Telangana,
UPA
10 December, 2009
Bishnoi seeks disqualification of 5 MLAs
The Tribune
Chandigarh, December 9: Haryana Janhit Congress supremo and MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi is in no mood to relent. A week after he sought to know the fate of his five MLAs from Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker Harmohinder Singh Chatha, for which a response is still awaited, Bishnoi today demanded their disqualification from the assembly.
Accompanied by his lawyer, Satya Pal Jain, Bishnoi filed five separate petitions seeking disqualification of all MLAs, who had left the HJC and "merged" with the Congress on November 10 as was "pronounced" by the Speaker. ...
... Maintaining that the move of his MLAs was "unconstitutional" and "in violation" of the Anti-Defection Law, Bishnoi, supported by Jain, said there was no provision in the Anti-Defection Act that allowed an MLA to contest on one party ticket and join another party soon afterwards.
... Former BJP MP Jain said: "The Speaker, under the Constitution, has to act like a tribunal and we are confident that he will he will not play a partisan role. The Speaker, in allowing the merger, only acted in his administrative capacity. Let's see what he does with our appeals before we decide to proceed further. Anyway, what the MLAs have done is not permissible and in complete violation of the Anti-Defection Law."
He said the action of the MLAs was not a case of merger but a case of defecting from one party to another. "Therefore as per the Anti-Defection Law, all these five MLAs are liable to be disqualified from the membership of the house," he held.
Disqualification of five MLAs sought by Bishnoi
They had left Haryana Janhit Congress to join Congress
The Hindu
CHANDIGARH: Haryana Janhit Congress chief and MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi on Wednesday filed five separate petitions before the Vidhan Sabha Speaker seeking disqualification of five HJC MLAs -- who had “defected to the Congress” on November 10 -- from the membership of the Assembly under the 10th Schedule of the Constitution, popularly known as the anti-defection law.
Accompanied by his lawyers Satya Pal Jain, Dheeraj Jain and Davesh Moudgil, Mr. Bishnoi reached the office of the Speaker at 10 a.m. Since the Speaker was not present in his office, Mr. Bishnoi talked to him on phone and under his instructions the petitions were received by his personal secretary.
Talking to the media outside the office of the Speaker, Mr. Satya Pal Jain said that the five MLAs -- Sat Pal Sangwan, Narinder Singh, Zile Ram Sharma, Vinod Bhayana and Dharam Singh -- were elected to the Assembly on the ticket and symbol of the HJC. ...
...Mr. Jain said the order passed by the Speaker was illegal, unconstitutional and against the provision of the 10th Schedule of the Constitution as the HJC was a duly recognised political party in Haryana and was even today functioning as a political party with its representatives in Parliament and Assembly also.
He said that the action of the five MLAs was not a case of merger but a “case of defecting from one party to another”. Therefore, as per anti-defection law, they were liable to be disqualified from the membership of the House.
हजकां छोड़कर कांग्रेस में शामिल हुए पांच विधायकों की विधानसभा सदस्यता रद करने के लिए याचिकाएं दायर
INBMedia.com
चंडीगढ़ : हरियाणा जनहित कांग्रेस सुप्रीमो तथा विधायक कुलदीप बिश्नोई ने बुधवार को हजकां छोड़कर कांग्रेस में शामिल हुए पांच विधायकों की विधानसभा सदस्यता रद करने के लिए हरियाणा विधानसभा के अध्यक्ष के सामने पांच अलग-अलग याचिकाएं दायर की हैं। ...
... विधानसभा के बाहर पत्रकारों से बातचीत करते हुए सत्यपाल जैन ने कहा कि हजकां के पांच विधायकों का कांग्रेस में शामिल होना गैर कानूनी, अनुचित, संविधान विरोधी एवं दलबदल विरोधी कानून की मूल भावना के विपरीत है। ...
... विधानसभा के बाहर पत्रकारों से बातचीत करते हुए सत्यपाल जैन ने कहा कि हजकां के पांच विधायकों का कांग्रेस में शामिल होना गैर कानूनी, अनुचित, संविधान विरोधी एवं दलबदल विरोधी कानून की मूल भावना के विपरीत है। ...
... सत्यपाल जैन ने कहा कि इन विधायकों का यह कहना कि हजकां का कांग्रेस में विलय हो गया है गलत है क्योंकि हजकां आज भी चुनाव आयोग की मान्यता प्राप्त पार्टी है तथा संसद व विधानसभा में उसके प्रतिनिधि हैं। सत्यपाल जैन ने कहा कि यह बदकिस्मती है कि विधानसभा स्पीकर ने उसी दिन इन विधायकों को कांग्रेस में शामिल होने की इजाजत दे दी।
सत्यपाल जैन ने कहा कि इन पांचों विधायकों का आचरण दलबदल विरोधी कानून के दायरे में आता है जिसके तहत कोई भी विधायक चाहे अकेला है या समूह में हो यदि पार्टी की सदस्यता छोड़कर किसी अन्य पार्टी में शामिल होता है तो वह विधानसभा की सदस्यता के अयोग्य हो जाता है। सत्यपाल जैन ने दावा किया कि संविधान की दफा 161 एवं संविधान के अनुच्छेद के तहत इन सभी 5 विधायकों का सदस्यता रद होगी।
09 December, 2009
Bishnoi seeks disqualification of five MLAs
Press Trust of India
Chandigarh, Dec 9: Describing it as "unconstitutional and illegal" and "in violation" of the Anti-Defection Law, Haryana Janhit Congress supremo Kuldeep Bishnoi today sought disqualification of five party MLAs, who had joined the Congress from state assembly.
He also challenged the Speaker's decision on the members.
Bishnoi represented by his lawyer Satyapal Jain, filed five separate petitions before Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker Harmohinder Singh Chatha here seeking disqualification of the five MLA's from the state assembly for allegedly violating the 10th schedule of the Constitution pertaining to Anti-Defection Law.
However, the Speaker was out of station and therefore, his secretary accepted petitions filed by Bishnoi.
Bishnoi wants ‘defector’ HJC legislators unseated
ThaIndian.com
Chandigarh, Dec 9: Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) president Kuldip Bishnoi Wednesday sought that five legislators who ‘defected’ from his party and joined the ruling Congress should be disqualified and thereby unseated from the state assembly.
Bishnoi submitted petitions to Speaker Harmohinder Singh Chatha at the Haryana assembly here. Since Chatha was not in his office, Bishnoi spoke to him on phone and was told to leave the petitions with the speaker’s office here.
Bishnoi was accompanied by former Chandigarh MP and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Satya Pal Jain, who is also a lawyer.
Bishnoi sought disqualification of the five legislators on the ground that their defection from the HJC was in violation of the provisions of the Anti-Defection Act. ...
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