Minority Commission to get its chief shortly: Zameer Ahmed Khan
Bengaluru, Jan 8: Minority Welfare, Hajj and Wakf Minister B.Z Zameer Ahmed Khan said that the Minority Commission would shortly get its new chief which was vacant after the resignation of Naseer Ahmed.
After releasing a booklet on various programmes for the minorities and 15 points programmes translated into Urdu at the Minority Commission office here on Tuesday, the Minister said that since the coalition partner JDS would take a decision on appointing chairman to the State Minority Development Corporation. As of now, the corporation has been functioning under him, he said.
Delegation to New Delhi
In order to collect proper information on programmes introduced by the central government for minorities, a delegation of minority leaders would be taken to New Delhi shortly and discuss with the ministers and officials of the ministry, he said.
MLC and State Minority Commission former president Naseer Ahmed said that he had tried to constitute Cabinet sub-committee to discuss on minority problems for the first time in the country.
Dr G Parameshwar and Ramesh Kumar had worked well as the Cabinet Sub-Committee and now, the Committee was functioning under Home Minister MB Patil and the Committee should ensure justice to the minorities, he said.
As per the recommendation of the Justice Ranganath Mishra Commission, the minorities should get 15 per cent reservation in government appointments. They have made some recommendations to the government regarding the issue. Total 24 recommendations were presented before the Cabinet Sub-Committee, he said while appealing the Minister to take a decision.
The budget allocation for the SC/ST should be spent completely. Otherwise, officers concerned would be held responsible, for which a law was passed in the previous government. Same law should be introduced for the minorities also, he appealed.
“The condolence meeting of senior Congress leader and former union minister CK Jaffer Sharief would be held at Quddus Saheb Eidgah Maidan in the city on January 18 at 5 pm. Opposition Leader in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, Rajya Sabha Member Ahmed Patel, Jammu- Kashmir former CMs Mehabuba Mufti, Farooq Abdullah, CPM leader Sitaram Yechury, Maulana Arshad Madani, Maulana Mahmood Madani, All India Muslim Personal Law Board general secretary Maulana Wali Rahmani, Archbishop, former prime minister H.D Deve Gowda and others would be present”.
- Naseer Ahmed, MLC
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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.
