Centre has failed to resolve problems of the poor and farmers: HK Patil
Bengaluru, Jan 10: KPCC Election Campaigning Committee president HK Patil said that the central government has failed to resolve the problems of the poor and the farmers.
Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, Patil said that the BJP government at the centre was limited to speeches. It has completely failed to provide solutions to the problems of the poor, labourers, farmers and other sections of the society.
The forthcoming Lok Sabha elections were very crucial in the interest of the country. People were aware of the present developments in the country. People have understood the corruption and looting of money in the Narendra Modi government. Even then, the BJP has been trying to mislead the people through false promises and propaganda, he alleged.
It was unfortunate that the central government has been claiming the programmes of the UPA government as its programmes and creating confusion in the country. The BJP government has been nurturing the corruption in corporate method. PM Modi who should have answered the questions of AICC president Rahul Gandhi, was not attending the Parliament Session. Though the BJP leaders were speaking against the corruption, they were keeping mum on Lokpal Bill, he said.
The central government has been misusing the Constitutional agencies. It has removed the CBI chief overnight. For the first time in the history of the independent India, four Supreme Court judges had warned that the democracy in the country was at stake, he said.
The Congress would go to poll keeping the failures of the BJP government and achievements of the UPA government. The Congress would reach every citizen. Though the Congress was a partner in coalition government, it has its own image and identity. The coalition government would complete it's full term. Though there some confusions, both Rahul Gandhi and HD Deve Gowda would solve them, he said.
No dissatisfaction
"I am not dissatisfied for not inducting into the cabinet. There are only 33 portfolios. But the Campaigning Committee president post is only one. So I don't have any displeasure".
- HK Patil
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
