Friday, December 23, 2016

Chandigarh MC elections results reflect mood of people: Haryana CM

CHANDIGARH, DEC 23
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal  has said that the massive mandate given to the BJP in the  Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections reflects the mood of the people in the country, especially in Haryana.
          Congratulating the newly elected Councillors of Chandigarh MC here today, the Chief Minister said, "Chandigarh is a well known place and the capital of Haryana where a clear mandate to BJP in MC polls undoubtedly shows that the people have given mandate in support of demonetization of old currency of high denomination. Maybe, initially some difficulty is faced by the people on this account but demonetization move would benefit all", he added.
          The Chief Minister recalled that Chandigarh unit of BJP had received similar mandate in the MC elections by winning 15 out of the 20 wards in 1996. The BJP had also formed government in alliance under the leadership of the former the Chief Minister, Mr Bansi Lal, in Haryana. At that time, the Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, was in charge and he (Manohar Lal) was organizing secretary in Haryana.
          Mr Sanjay Tandon, President, Chandigarh unit of BJP, Mr Satpal Jain, former MP, Mr Hans Raj Hans, renowned Punjabi singer and BJP leader, newly elected councillors and other prominent people were also present on this occasion.
 FOUNDATION STONE OF NIFT:  Union Minister of Textiles Mrs. Smriti Zubin Irani and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal would lay the foundation stone of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in Sector 23, Panchkula on December 29, 2016.
          Technical Education Minister, Mr. Ram Bilas Sharma, Member of Parliament, Mr. Rattan Lal Kataria, Member of Legislative Assembly, Mr. Gian Chand Gupta, and Principal Secretary, Technical Education Department, Mr. Anil Malik, would speak on the occasion.
        Apart from this, Union Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley would inaugurate the Professional Officer Training Programme being organised for trainee officers of 68th batch of Indian Revenue Services (Custom and Central Excise), at NACEN Complex in Faridabad on December 26.
APPOINTMENT OF 240 PRINCIPALS: The Haryana Education Department would soon appoint Principals of 240 schools in the State.
        While stating this here today, Additional Chief Secretary, School Education Department, Mr. P.K. Das, said that Finance Department had sanctioned creation of posts in these schools, which were upgraded in 2014.
        He said that Principals could not be appointed as posts were not created in these schools at the time of upgradation. However, with the Finance Department’s sanction, the appointments would soon be made.
        He said that 600 posts of Principal were lying vacant in the Department, which were filled through promotions of school head master and Post Graduate Teacher (PGT). He said that while some people had raised objection over seniority list of PGT, the seniority list was now being given final form after scrutiny as per the orders of Punjab and Haryana High Court. These posts would soon be filled through promotion of eligible candidates according to prescribed criteria, he added.
 

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