Bengaluru, Jan 2: BJP state president and former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa said that the Kerala government has breached the tradition of the Sabarimala temple by allowing the women into it in police escort.

Speaking to reporters at his residence here on Wednesday, Yeddyurappa said that women have entered the temple with police protection and thus, the Kerala government itself has breached the tradition of Sabarimala.

The government has been provoking the people. Kerala BJP unit has been fighting against it and called for a bandh, he said.

On present politics, Yeddyurappa said that he would not worry about the present developments in the state politics. There was no relationship between the news being telecast in the media on Operation Lotus and himself.

“I would not be in Bengaluru for one week. But that does not mean that we are planning to topple the government.

As part Suttur Mutt programme, I will be in Shivamogga for another one week. As an efficient Opposition party, we have been exposing the lapses of the government.

Till they have majority, it’s their government. Hundreds of taluks are reeling under drought and let the government work for drought problem”, he said.

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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.