Saturday, March 10, 2012

Massive preparations on for swearing-in ceremony

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A combo file photo of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.
CHANDIGARH: Five helipads, 1,500-odd VVIPs and VIPs and food packets for 20,000 public gathering -- These are part of the massive preparations for the oath-taking ceremony of SAD-BJP alliance ministry for the second consecutive term, at Baba Banda Singh Bahadur war memorial at Chappar Chiri village in Mohali, about 20 km from here.
Bikram Majithia, president of Youth Akali Dal and brother-in-law of SAD president Sukhbir Badal, has taken on the responsibility of turning the event into a successful gala show where at least seven-eight CMs of non-Congress ruled states, at least one Union minister and the NDA leadership are likely to put in their presence.
Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal is reported to have personally called up 12 CMs and invited them for the ceremony. A former minister of Pakistan's Punjab, Mian Manzoor Ahmed, and a former MP of Pakistan, Rai Aziz Ullah Khan, have also been invited for the ceremony, sources said.
Bikram, along with Dera Bassi MLA and prominent land developer N K Sharma, is learnt to be camping at the site, directing DC Varun Roojam and SSP Gurpreet Bhullar for ensuring a no-hassle show.
Chief secretary S C Aggarwal on Saturday held a meeting to finalise the details of the function, which would start with national anthem, followed by the oath-taking ceremony and would conclude with the police band playing national anthem.
The entire senior NDA leadership, including L K Advani, leader of opposition Sushma Swaraj and RS member Arun Jaitley, would be arriving in Punjab on March 14. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is learned to have accepted the invite of Badal, who had personally called her up.
Jharkhand CM Arjun Munda, J&K CM and Sukhbir's school mate in Sanawar, Omar Abdullah, and his father and cabinet minister Farooq Abdullah, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Chauhan and Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa have been sent invites for the ceremony.
List of VVIP invitees who are likely to come -
CM Gujarat - Narendra Modi
CM J & K - Omar Abdullah
CM Himachal Pradesh - Prem Kumar Dhumal
CM Bihar - Nitish Kumar
CM Jharkhand - Arjun Munda
CM West Bengal - Mamata Banerjee
CM Madhya Pradesh - Shivraj Chauhan
CM Tamil Nadu - J Jayalalithaa (her emissary likely to come)
CM Goa - Manohar Parrikar
CM Karnataka - Sadanand Gowda
CM Andhra Pradesh - Kiran Kumar Reddy
CM Kerala - Oommen Chandy
Union minister - Farooq Abdullah
MP and former Dy PM - L K ADvani
Leader of opposition - Sushma Swaraj
Former CM Rajasthan - Vasundhra Raje
Former CM Haryana - O P Chautala
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