Election Petition Challenging South Rejections Filed
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The SPCC [I] believes Initially, it seemed that the three Bahadur Bhandari to ascertain whether that their candidates were denied rejected Congress candidates, any petitions would be filed during the time to rectify errors in their nomi- namely, Amar Yonzone, Taraman day, it seemed that even he believed nation papers which the RO was Chettri and Youvraj Rai who had that it would not be possible. “duty-bound” to inform them contested from Damthang, Melli “You can see for yourself the about. And as the party spokesper- and Wok respectively and whose amount of paper work involved in the son Jigme N. Kazi had earlier men- Taraman Chettri [left] and Amar Yonzone [right] at the High Court after filing their nomination papers had been re- process. We will probably approach tioned, the uncontested seats also election petitions challenging the rejection of their nomination papers jected on the grounds of their form the High Court tomorrow to file our amounted to the denial of the right sues on which the SPCC [I] was passed a verdict in favour of the ‘Bs’ being incomplete - would lose petitions,” he had said at the time. to vote to the people. contesting the election results were petitioning candidate,” he revealed. out to time and efficiency in the fil- The three candidates however Incidentally, the SPCC [I] has in meritorious. He further felt that it would in ing of their election petitions. But did finally get their act together and its team a couple of high profile law- “There was a similar case re- fact be very interesting if the court at the end of the day, all the uncer- rushed to the High Court with their yers. MJ Ahmad has come over from garding the rejection of nomination directed the administration to open tainty and misgivings were belied respective petitions at around 4 pm the Guwahati High Court while RN papers of some candidate a few the EVMs on the basis of the SPCC as they emerged from the High today with only an hour to go be- Mittal is a Supreme Court lawyer. years ago and the Court had then turn to pg 4 Court to declare that their election fore the courts closed. While speaking to NOW!, Mr. INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT petitions had been filed “…and On the question that today Ahmad informed that both the is- CATERING TECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED NUTRITION (s/b Govt. of India and Govt. of Sikkim) TADONG, GANGTOK, SIKKIM-737 102 Ph. No.-270735, 270557 I WAS NEVER A CONGRESSMAN, FOR CLASS X & XII STUDENTS Application are invited for admission to ONE & HALF YEARS DIPLOMA AND CRAFTSMANSHIP COURSE IN HOTEL MANAGEMENT for the academic session 2004-2005. SAYS HEM LALL! AGE: Age of the candidate should not be more than 22 years as on 1st July 2004. For candidates belonging to SC/ST, age limited is relaxable upto 25 years. phone, Mr. Bhandari said that he is first prove that I was a member in a NOW REPORT HOW TO APPLY: Application form and Prospectus can be obtained from the Institute of “unable” to “understand” how the the first place,” the Harvard edu- Hotel Management, Gangtok against cash payment of Rs. 100/- or remitting Rs. 125/- GANGTOK, 25 June: The idi- SPCC [I] president, Nar Bahadur cated advocate said. through demand draft/ Postal order in favour of INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT, payable at Gangtok. osyncrasies of Sikkim politics Bhandari, could “expel” him from the He further informed that he was Application form complete in all respect should reach the institute before 10th July never cease to surprise. Today, party when he was not even a primary offered the General Secretary’s post 2004 accompanied by Registration Fee of Rs. 300/-. former General Secretary [Legal], member of the Congress to begin with. in a huge public meeting and felt IMPORTANT DATES Hem Lall Bhandari, who figures “I never enrolled as a Congress- duty-bound to accept in respect of the Last date for submission of application : 10.07.2004. among the five leaders “expelled” man,” he said while adding that popular feeling. “I was, however, a Admission : by 31.07.2004. from the party on 11 June, came up since he was never a party mem- de-facto General Secretary,” he adds. Commencement of class : 16.08.2004. with a revelation which further un- ber, the charade of his expulsion It is interesting how it escaped derlines the utter confusion that was quite interesting. everyone’s notice in the Congress was the State Congress in the run- “The SPCC [I] president claims camp that such a senior post was up to the polls. he expelled me from the party. Let filled by a person who was not even Speaking to NOW! over the him show my enrolment number to a primary member of the party. HONG KONG BAZARHAJI ALI BABA SALE WITH NEW JUST LOW RATE!!! 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The new courses on sity [NBU] has decided to introduce turn to pg 3 CMYK 2; NOW!; 26 June, 2004 ED-SPACE MOORE-HATERS TURN UP THE HEAT ON FARENHEIT 9/11 DIRECTOR NOW! ichael Moore’s critics are Moore, take a cue from Moore’s FIRST WITH THE NEWS turning up the tempera approach, aiming to package their Remember Emergency? Mture with a book and criticism in satiric humor. The cover documentary intended to debunk of Hardy and Clarke’s book has an 26 June, 1975. No one recalls the date any more. Perhaps not his methods as the filmmaker’s image of Moore biting off the top even those who suffered most in the next two years. For the record, “Fahrenheit 9/11” hits theaters in of the U.S. Capitol, a caricature re- on 26 June, 1975, the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi clamped the US. sembling Terry Gilliam’s surreal Emergency on the nation. Fundamental rights were abused, news- Since his first movie, 1989’s animation for “Monty Python’s Fly- papers censored and journalists hauled to jail along with perhaps “Roger & Me,” Moore has been ing Circus.” the entire Opposition. Midnight raids were common and Tihar was accused of playing loose with the The Web site for “Michael packed to the gills. Emergency apologists suggest that for once facts and presenting a distorted ver- Moore Hates America” shows the trains ran on time and officials actually worked. Fact remains sion of the truth. The criticism, usu- Wilson holding a microphone to an that the two years of Emergency were times when India ran under ally in newspaper and magazine empty director’s chair bearing a dictatorship and no matter how efficient the officers became at this time, it was a period which went against everything that de- articles or on anti-Moore web sites, Moore’s name, an image reminis- mocracy stands for. The concept did not go down well with the has failed to click with his millions cent of Moore’s pursuit of General people and they voted not only Indira’s INC out of power but also of fans, who pushed the Academy Motors boss Roger Smith in “Roger refused the original Mrs. G a berth in the Lok Sabha. It is another Award-winning “Bowling for & Me.” Wilson said he has unsuc- matter that the same people voted her back into power in 1979.