"Have More Children," Chandrababu Naidu's Bizarre Advice For Andhra
AMARAVATI, Jan 25: In a country where the government has for long advocated "Hum Do Hamare Do" -- the slogan aimed at reinforcing the message of family planning -- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu appealed to the people of his state to have more children, or at least take the responsibility to give birth to at least one child.
Mr Naidu, who is the chief of the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh, said it is necessary to create awareness to encourage people to have more children.
"These days youngsters don't want to marry. Even if they agree to marry, they don't want to have children. That is a dangerous trend,'' he said and added that India's pride is its family system and we need to safeguard it.
"We have to say it again and again and make people aware," the TDP chief said in Amaravati today.
There was a time when Andhra Pradesh had surprised the country by successfully implementing the family planning programme when in just 10 years, the fertility rate, or TFR as it is called, was halved.
This is not the first time Mr Naidu is advising people of his state to have more children. He had suggested this in 2015 as well.
Addressing a self-help group of women, Mr Naidu said that "China, Japan and many countries in Europe are facing the problem of no population growth".
"Right now, India is in a comfortable position, but it can become a problem in the future as birth rate is lower than the death rate nowadays," the Andhra leader claimed.
Mr Naidu pointed out that earlier, those with more than two children were barred from contesting the panchayat elections in the state but "now we want to encourage people to have more children".
"So we have taken a policy decision that even if you have four children, it is okay", he added.
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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.
