‘Supreme’ slap on PM Modi: KC Venugopal
Alok Verma reinstated as CBI chief
Bengaluru, Jan 8: AICC Karnataka incharge KC Venugopal said that by reinstating Alok Verma as the CBI chief, the Supreme Court on Tuesday slapped on the face of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who dismissed Verma as the CBI chief overnight.
Speaking to reporters at the KPCC office here on Tuesday, Venugopal said that “We have been discussing the Rafale deal in the Lok Sabha for the last three days. The central government has failed to answer the questions raised by AICC president Rahul Gandhi.
The Defence Minister has said that the centre has given Rs 1 lakh crore to the HAL. Later, she said that it was not one lakh crore. It was just Rs 26,000 crore. She has been giving such statements just to mislead the people.
People knew that HAL chief had said that the public sector unit has reached a position to borrow loan to pay the employees for the first time in two decades. The central government has got Rs 7,000 crore revolving fund from the HAL. Rafale deal was a clear incident of corruption”, he said.
“The Congress has been demanding Joint Parliamentary Committee to investigate the Rafale deal issue. But as to why the BJP which has clear majority, is hesitating to handover the case to the Panel? They might have been worrying about the truth.
People have been questioning the transparency of Prime Minister who has been claiming himself as Sevak.
By neglecting the HAL, the Central government has insulted Karnataka. The Congress would not leave this issue. It would be the major issue in the next Lok Sabha election.
We will take this issue before the people of the state and explain the reality. If the centre has all data about the Rafale Deal, why would it hesitate? Bofors and 2G Spectrum cases were also investigated by the Joint Parliamentary Panel”, he said.
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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.
