'Operation Lotus’ to start from Ballari: KS Eshwarappa
Ballari, June 16: Hinting at ‘Operation Lotus’, BJP leader KS Eshwarappa said that “there is dissatisfaction in the Congress-JDS coalition government. So, ‘Operation Lotus’ will start from Ballari”.
Speaking to reporters here on Sunday, Eshwarappa said that Congress MLAs were not happy in the government and they were expressing their dissatisfaction openly. It was not fair to neglect the original Congress leaders, he said.
The Chief Minister himself has indulged in looting. He was unable to give a good governance. But he was passing the buck on BJP, he said.
As some senior politicians have involved in the issue of granting land to Jindal Company of Ballari, some Congress leaders have opposed it. BJP was ready to protect the public property. Where is Siddaramaiah who took Padayatre to Ballari, now, he asked.
Granting of land to Jindal company and IMA scam should be handed over to the CBI probe. Both Siddaramaiah and Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy should break their silence over the issue and withdraw the decision to grant the land to the company, he demanded.
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'Someone must be held accountable': HC converts civil suit on Goa nightclub tragedy into PIL
Panaji (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Monday converted a civil suit against Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub into a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) saying "someone has to be held accountable" for the tragedy in which 25 people were killed.In a stern observation, Goa bench of the High Court of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Ashish Chavan said the local panchayat had "failed to take suo motu cognisance" of the club and had taken "no action despite complaints."
The division bench directed the Goa government to file a detailed reply on the permissions granted to the nightclub.
The High Court, while fixing January 8 as the next date of hearing, pointed out that commercial operations were continuing in the structure despite it having been served a demolition order.
The original petition was filed after the December 6 tragedy by Pradeep Ghadi Amonkar and Sunil Divkar, the owners of the land on which the nightclub was operating.
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Advocate Rohit Bras de Sa, the lawyer representing the petitioner, was made amicus curiae in the matter and has been asked to file a detailed affidavit in the matter.
In their petition, Amonkar and Divkar highlighted "the alarming pattern of statutory violations that have remained inadequately addressed despite multiple complaints, inspections, show-cause notices, and even a demolition order".
They contended that these violations posed "immediate threats to public safety, ecological integrity, and the rule of law in the state of Goa."
Investigations by multiple agencies into the nightclub fire have revealed various irregularities, including lack of permissions to operate the nightclub.
The Goa police arrested five managers and staff members of the club, while co-owners Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra have been detained in Thailand after they fled the country.
