STATES

UTTAR PRADESH

Tributes Paid to Scindia, Scribes

BAREILLY : The untimely death of senior Congress leader, Shri Madhavrao Scindia, and four veteran journalists in a plane crash came as a shock to the Congress and the nation. On the occasion the Congress workers of the Behadi-Nainital Parliamentary constituency organised a condolence meeting to pay homage to the departed leader and journalists at Behadi in Bareilly on 6 October. At the condolence meeting a message sent by the CWC member, Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari, was read out. According to Bareilly District Congress Committee general secretary, Shri Tejpal Singh Rathi, the Congress workers of the district vowed to make the Congress party stronger by following the ideals and objectives set forth by the Congress president and promised to make any sacrifice for the party. Others present at the condolence meeting were Shri Mukram Ali Khan, Shri Nandlal Saran, Shri Inderpal Gangawar, Shri Jalish Thekadar, Shri Nazeem Ansari and Dr. Jalish Ahmed.

HARYANA

IYC president RS Surjewala(inset) addressing a rally in Karnal

Youth Congress Rally Against Anti-people Policies

KARNAL : The Youth Congress workers took out a rally on 9 October to protest against the anti-people policies of the State and the Centre. On the call given by Indian Youth Congress president, Shri Randeep Singh Surjewala, the youth collected at the Ramlila Bhawan.

Shri Surjewala, while addressing the youth, said the Chief Minister of Haryana was busy dumping unbearable burden on farmers by imposing various taxes. He also blamed the government machinery for not providing minimum support price (MSP) to the farmers. He said procuring agents would buy the crops from the farmers at a much lower price than the MSP and then enter the support price in their registers, thereby pocketing the profits.

He said that the Chautala Government, which claimed to be farmer friendly, has broken the backs of the farmers by increasing prices of the farming related inputs.

Also present on the occasion were Shri Satvinder Sandhu, Shri Jaisingh Rana, Shri Vijay Sharma, Shri Suresh Gupta and Shri Kumar Rampal who also addressed the gathering. They later submitted a memorandum addressed to the Governor to the city SDM, Shri Bhupinder Singh.