If BJP comes to power, Siddaramaiah will become opposition leader: Yeddyurappa
Bengaluru, Dec 31: “Former chief minister Siddaramaiah has given an irresponsible statement that the ‘BJP has indulged in horse trading of MLAs through Operation Lotus’. It is not good for him. If the coalition government collapsed, we will form the government. If BJP government is formed, Siddaramaiah will become the opposition leader”, BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa predicted.
Speaking to reporters at the party office here on Monday, Yeddyurappa said that “We are not destabilizing the coalition government. If the coalition government is collapsed, we are not saints to sit idle. Anything could be possible in New Year due to displeasure and differences between coalition partners Congress and JDS. So, anything could happen at any time in politics”, he opined.
Total 156 taluks in the state were reeling under severe drought situation and farmers have been committing suicide. But Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has gone to foreign to celebrate New Year, which is the height of irresponsibility. How far it was right to go abroad at this time? Even the Cabinet colleagues also have gone to some places for New Year celebrations, he said.
The leaders of the coalition government were indulging in mudslinging activities. Former CM Siddaramaiah has been repeatedly telling that some leaders have worked to defeat me in the election to miss the CM position. The government was not serious in the development of the state, he alleged.
“It is just a rumour that disgruntled Congress MLAs have met BJP leaders in New Delhi. Neither the disgruntled MLAs, nor former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi met BJP leaders in New Delhi”.
- B.S. Yeddyurappa, State BJP President
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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.
