155 Kulbhushan Sharma (R) President, Haryana Fedration of Private Schools, & National Independent Schools at a press conference in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo
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Chandigarh, April 13
Most of the private schools in Ambala are still functioning in spite of orders from the state government to keep these closed till April 30. Kulbhushan Sharma, president of the Federation of Private Schools’ Welfare Association, told this to the media here today.
“The state government has closed schools, but not hotels and malls. Even curfew has been imposed for the night. Elections are taking place in Assam and West Bengal, and lakhs of people are participating in Kumbh Mela. Why only schools have been closed?” he asked.
A file photo of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. | Prakash Singh/AFP
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has asked the Haryana government not to hold any pro-farm laws event or undertake outreach programmes until further notice, NDTV reported on Wednesday.
His advice came three days after Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had to cancel an event in a village in Karnal district as a group of farmers opposing the Centre’s agriculture laws ransacked the venue.
“After what happened in Karnal the home minister has advised the government not to hold any pro-farm laws outreach programme,” Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal Gujjar said, according to NDTV. “We don’t want confrontation with farmers.”
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Khattar, Dushyant Chautala to meet Amit Shah in Delhi today
Top leaders of the BJP-JJP alliance, including Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, are set to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Tuesday. According to the details, discussions over the political scenario in the state are on the cards. The development comes after protesting farmers had ransacked the venue of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattarâs âkisan mahapanchayatâ at a Karnal village.Â
Chautala is also set to hold a meeting with JJP MLAs at his farmhouse in Delhi, for which all JJP legislators have been asked to come to the capital today.