STATES
UTTARANCHAL
Minorities
Will Be Looked After : ND Tiwari
DEHRADUN
:
The Uttaranchal Chief Minister, Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari,
assured the minority community of setting up various bodies
to look after their benefits in accordance with the electoral
manifesto. Shri Tiwari, who was the chief guest, was addressing
a seminar on 5 April at the Dehradun Municipal Corporation
Auditorium which was organised by the District Congress
Committee. The topic of the seminar was "Minority problem
in Uttaranchal".
According
to the District Congress president, Shri MN Farooqi, the
chief minister has assured the minorities setting-up of
Waqf Board, Haj Committee, Minority Commission in accordance
to the pre-poll promises. He called upon the people of Uttaranchal
to prepare themselves to face the challenges of the 21st
century. Shri Tiwari said that the government is likely
to acquire a Rs. 800 crore loan at low interest to commence
the Maneri Bhali Project.
The
Chief Minister said that he has not forgotten his pre-poll
promises and assured that though it was a herculian task
to fulfill those promises, the basic efforts in this direction
have been started.
The
Chief Minister said that at present Uttaranchal gets power
upto 20 hours a day but we are trying to end the power cuts
soon. We would produce more power so that we might supply
it to others too after fulfilling our own needs, he added.
Shri Tiwari said that old transformers are being replaced
all over the state.
The
Chief Minister said that developmental works have been started
in Haridwar also and assured that there would be no step-motherly
treatment of the people of Haridwar. He reiterated that
tourism is a big source of income for the people of the
state and the government will do everything for its development.
He said that the condition of the roads within the State
would also be improved.
UTTAR
PRADESH
Pramod
Tiwari re-elected UP CLP Leader
LUCKNOW
:
Pramod Tiwari was on 28 April re-elected as the leader of
the Uttar Pradesh Congress Legislature Party (CLP) for the
fourth consecutive term.
AICC
treasurer and incharge, Uttar Pradesh Motilal Vora said
that Mr. Tiwari was elected by a "Consensus" in
the presence of 22 of the 25 party MLAs.
While
Mr. Jagdambika Pal proposed the name of Mr. Tiwari, Mr.
Ram Naresh Yadav seconded it.
JHARKHAND
‘NDA
has Failed’
GIRIDIH
(Jharkhand) : A
one-day District Panchayat Conference of the Giridih district
was held here on 18 March at the Congress Bhavan. The District
Congress president, Dr. Pradyuman Kumar Singh presided over
the function. District panchayat presidents, block presidents,
office-bearers, Shri Tilakdhari Prasad Singh, MP, Jharkhand
State Congress Committee vice-president and district incharge,
Shri Naval Kishore Singh, JSCC secretary and district incharge,
Smt. Jiyamani Marandi, JSCC special invitee member, Shri
Ram Gopal Bhuvania, former MLA, Shri Jyotindra Prasad and
former Councillor, Shri Bageshwar Prasad Singh and other
Congress leaders participated in the conference. The conference
resolved to strengthen the party organisation, to unitedly
fight the panchayat elections. The Kodarma MP, Shri Tilakdhari
Prasad Singh, called upon the party workers to prepare themselves
for the panchayat elections to be held shortly.
