Congress sells foreign dreams to Haryana farmers in manifesto

October 11th, 2009 JHAJJAR - Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sunday asked voters in Haryana not to fall prey to hollow promises being made by opposition parties. "What have the INLD (Indian National Lok Dal) and BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) done for you? Have they given any big loan waiver to farmers? Have they done anything for women and Dalits? Don't fall prey to their hollow and false promises," Gandhi said, addressing the last big rally of the ruling Congress for the Oct 13 assembly poll in the state.

October 4th, 2009 KARNAL - Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sunday asked the people of Haryana to return the Congress to power in the upcoming assembly polls if they wanted the state to progress further. I am sure that people will vote for development, peace and security in Haryana and will negate all those powers who devastated this state during their tenure earlier, Sonia Gandhi told a gathering in this Haryana town, 100 km from Chandigarh.

October 1st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Congress Party in Haryana promised food grains for the poor at cheap rates and better governance in its manifesto for the October 13 assembly elections. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Congress general secretary in-charge for Haryana affairs Prithviraj Chavan released the party's election manifesto here on Wednesday.

September 30th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The ruling Congress in Haryana Wednesday promised in its manifesto for the Oct 13 assembly elections to make the state power surplus in the coming years. Releasing the party's manifesto here, Chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Congress general secretary in-charge for Haryana affairs Prithviraj Chavan claimed their party would register a thumping victory.

September 29th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) election manifesto for Harayana assembly polls that was released Tuesday has promises for all sections of the society, while the party urged the voters to offer it an opportunity to rule the state. "Haryana has seen governments of all parties.

September 22nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is contesting on its own all the 90 seats in the Haryana assembly elections next month, is banking on youth energy by fielding many young candidates. The average age of the BJP candidates contesting in the Haryana assembly elections is 45 years.

September 2nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Reservation for locals in private sector jobs, monthly unemployment allowance, loan waiver for farmers and free two-wheelers for girl students are among the promises the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) has made in its manifesto for the Haryana assembly elections released Wednesday. Releasing the manifesto, INLD general secretary Ajay Chautala told reporters here: We would restart INLD's past people-friendly policies in the state.

August 12th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana Special Economic Zones (SEZs) project is "the biggest land scandal in the history of India" and the alleged scam should be probed a high level judicial official, the opposition Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) said Wednesday. INLD general secretary Ajay Chautala said the ruling Congress had grabbed poor farmers' land on the false assurances of creating 200,000 jobs through these SEZs.

August 12th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - In the wake of a poor monsoon in Haryana, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Wednesday urged the central government to allocate 400 MW additional power from the unallocated pool of central generation. In response to our earlier request, the central government had allocated only 100 MW of additional power for Haryana.

July 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Israel will set up two "centres of excellence" in Haryana on an outlay of Rs.15.7 crore to help farmers increase production of fruits and vegetables, the country's ambassador to India Mark Sofer said here Tuesday. Once the centres are operational, farmers will be introduced to the latest mechanised farming techniques developed in Israel.

May 16th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Congress party is leading in nine of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana two hours after the counting for the parliamentary elections began Saturday. The Congress is leading in Gurgaon, Rohtak, Kurukshetra, Sirsa, Bhiwani-Mahendragarh, Ambala, Karnal, Sonepat and Faridabad.

March 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Tuesday promised it would enact a law to provide 25 kg of rice or wheat a month at Rs.3 per kg to families living below the poverty line (BPL) and expand schemes to improve the well being of farmers and their families. The Congress manifesto, released here by party president Sonia Gandhi, said: 'The Indian National Congress pledges that every family living below the poverty line either in rural or urban areas will be entitled, by law, to 25 kg of rice or wheat per month at Rs.3 per kg.' The manifesto also promises that subsidised community kitchens will be set up in all cities for homeless people and migrants with the support of the central government.

February 12th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Having declared 2009 as the 'Year of Farmers and Labourers', the Haryana government Friday announced a major concession for farmers of the state. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced that a law in force which allowed the auction of land of farmers who were unable to pay back loans of banks would be repealed.

January 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Thursday said it will have its own manifesto and not a common one with its partners in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). The Congress Working Committee (CWC) met here to discuss poll strategy ahead of the Lok Sabha elections likely to be held in April-May.

January 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Gearing up for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the Congress Saturday almost finalised its election manifesto, with a focus on agriculture, financial reforms, youth and unemployment. The manifesto committee of the party met in the capital to give a final shape to the policy paper, which has been sent to Congress president Sonia Gandhi for approval.