Monday, January 22, 2018
  • Chandigarh, Jan 22—The Haryana Government would implement the orders of the Supreme Court on film Padmavat. “Good if some theatre owners do not want to screen the film, but those who want to screen it would be provided with full security,” Mr Manohar Lal,Chief Minister assured.
  • He was interacting with media persons after inaugurating two underpasses constructed on the Delhi-Jaipur Highway in Gurugram, today.
  • In reply to a question on ensuring women’s security, the Chief Minister reiterated that the police system had been reformed in the state. In the next Vidhan Sabha session a Bill providing for harsher punishment to rapists would be passed. Provision would be made to give capital punishment to the rapists of girls under 12 years of age, he added.
  • On the issue of considering the post of Parliamentary Secretaries in Delhi as an office of profit, the Chief Minister said membership of MLAs appointed to the post was being cancelled.
  • Regarding abolition  of posts of parliamentary and chief parliamentary secretaries in Haryana, he said the situation in the state was different from Delhi. “There was no such Law in Delhi .We already have a law in place, but Court said this is not correct so we have removed them,he added.
  • Chandigarh, Jan 22—The Haryana Government is making efforts to do away with the Kherki Daula Toll Plaza. This was disclosed by the Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal, while interacting with media persons in Gurugram, today.
  • In reply to a question, he said the state government was in discussion with the concessionaire, and, if an agreement was reached, this toll plaza would be stopped. Land has also been identified to shift this plaza to village Sehrawan.
  • The Sehrawan panchayat has already passed a resolution to transfer land which has been sent for approval to the Director of Development and Panchayats Department. In both situations, this toll plaza would be removed from Kherki, the Chief Minister said.
  • Those present included the Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Mr Mansukh L. Mandaviya, Union Minister of State for Planning, Chemicals and Fertilizers, Rao Inderjit Singh, and Public Works Minister (Building and Roads), Rao Narbir Singh.