Karnal, June 13 -- Congress state president Rao Narender Singh on Friday said that they will proceed with their scheduled political activities despite the state government's directive to ban rallies and demonstrations, owing to the war-induced fuel crisis. Rao also criticised the government's decision to impose the ban on protests, rallies and public demonstrations till September 30. The state chief was in Karnal to chair a monthly review meeting of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee at Jat Dharamshala. Karnal district urban committee president Parag Gaba said that Rao reviewed the organisational, political, and public relations programmes of the district presidents over the past month, during which the concerned leaders presented their reports. During the meeting, he instructed that no programme, meeting, protest, demonstration, or other activity held in the name of the Congress organisation in the district will be held without the prior permission from the respective district president. Former Haryana chief minister and LoP Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday met shopkeepers and families affected by the recent arson incident at D-Park of Rohtak city. Accompanied by local Congress MLA Bharat Bhushan Batra, Hooda expressed condolences to the families of those who lost their lives and assessed the damage suffered by local businesses. While speaking to the media, the LoP termed the Rs.10 lakh compensation by the state government as inadequate. He demanded full compensation, reconstruction of damaged shops, and government job for one member of each bereaved family....