category Regional, chandigarh, , tags Regional, chandigarh, , DW BUREAU Chandigarh Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has been facing public wrath in his much hyped ongoing on-the-spot grievance redressal programme named Jan Samvad (public connect). The latest reason for the anger among villagers of Mahendragarh district was the announcement of sub-tehsil by the Chief Minister a day earlier. As villagers of Dogda Ahir came to know about the announcement of a new sub-tehsil, which they claimed is announced in a smaller village, they got angered. They said their village was bigger than Sihama village and ideally a sub-tehsil should also be set up in their village. The protesters staged a sit-in protest outside the official accommodation where the Chief Minister stayed for a night. In the morning, the Chief Minister called the protesters for talks and convinced them to withdraw the protest with a promise to conduct a feasibility report for setting up the sub-tehsil in their area too. The Chief Minister, a strong advocate for simultaneous parliamentary and assembly elections to cut costs as they are due within five months in 2024, believes the Jan Samvad is a platform where the people are talking about the difference of the Congress regime and the present rule. Ahead of the parliamentary and Assembly elections, the BJP has stepped up its poll preparations in a bid to repeat its government in the state for the third time and win the maximum seats for the Lok Sabha. Now this is another phase of the Jan Samvad programme. Earlier, in Sirsa district it was disrupted on May 15 when a woman sarpanch confronted the Chief Minister, took off her dupatta (stole) and threw it on his feet. Within a week, three such incidents involving the Chief Minister were reported in Sirsa when he concluded his Jan Samvad programme on May 16. Political observers believe like the Congress that faced twin anti-incumbency in 2014 state polls it is the BJP that is facing similar dissatisfaction among the people over corruption, law and order and unemployment. (editor dailyworld.in)