States Watch

Haryana

Village Chalo Campaign

CHANDIGARH : The Haryana unit of the National Students Union of India organised a programme "NSUI move to villages" to oppose the anti-people policies of the Chautala government and covered at least 25 villages.

NSUI state president Shri Virendra Kaushik urged the youth to come together and fight the Chautala government. The district level meetings were also held in Kurukshetra, Sonepat, Bhiwani, Mahendragarh and Faridabad.

On 11 February a large meeting of the youth was held in Pinjore and the chief guest was the son of Shri Bhajan Lal and MLA from Kalka, Shri Chandramohan while state unit president, Shri Virendra Kaushik organised the programme. On 9 April the state unit celebrated the foundation day of the NSUI and also organised a cycle rally led by Virendra Kaushik to protest against, the US aggression of Iraq.

CBI Probe Sought into Paper Leakage

KURUKSHETRA : District Congress Committee president Pawan Garg demanded a CBI inquiry into the leakage of question papers in the annual examinations of Kurukshetra University.

Mr. Garg urged Kurukshetra university Chancellor and Haryana Governor, Babu Parmanand to order an inquiry. Someone politically influential was behind the paper leakage. The inquiry should cover scrutiny of rules and regulations and political appointments made in the University.

Mr. Garg also submitted a memorandum to the Haryana Governor to protest increase in house tax, fire tax and professional tax. "The house tax was used to be increased after every five years earlier but the state government has ordered to increase it every year without notice to the affected persons and without hearing objections and suggestions", said the memorandum. Calling it unconstitutional the Congress leader demanded its reversal and no revision should be allowed every year.