Take decision after conducting meeting of scholars, educationists: Minister H.D. Revanna
Opening English Medium Schools
Bengaluru, Dec 31: PWD Minister HD Revanna advised Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy to take a suitable decision on opening one thousand English medium schools only after eliciting the opinion of scholars and educationists.
Speaking to reporters at the Vidhana Soudha here on Monday, he said that the Congress-JDS coalition government would complete its five years. Former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa has been waiting for the coalition government to collapse for the last six months, he ridiculed.
There was no need to learn a lesson from Minister RB Thimmapur on giving positions to dalits. When there was no reservation, it was former prime minister HD Deve Gowda who had given ZP president’s post to ST community. It was Deve Gowda who had ensured 33 per cent reservation for women and 5 per cent for Muslims. It was HD Kumaraswamy who had appointed dalit IAS officer Gonal Bheemappa as the KPSC chairman. The Congress leaders should recall it, he said.
“It is far from truth that I have interfered in the affairs of Home Department. I have not interfered in the affairs of the Home department. If people have doubts still, let former Home Minister and DCM Dr G Parameshwar give clarification”.
- HD Revanna, PWD Minister
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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.
