PM Modi's brother to support TMC in Lok Sabha polls
KOLKATA: The brother of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Prahalad Modi, has rendered his support to All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Prahlad who is the President of the Fair Price Shop Owners Federation has extended Federation's support for AITMC for the Lok Sabha polls scheduled for the next year.
The announcement came during a meeting held at the Rabindra Bhawan at Dumdum organised to discuss the Khadya Sathee Scheme of the West Bengal government.
State minister for food Jyotipriyo Mallick and the MP of Dumdum Sougata Roy were also present at the meeting.
The secretary of the Fair Price Shop Owners Federation, Biswambhar Basu, said that the members will directly start anti-Narendra Modi campaign throughout the nation for the general elections. He further declared that the Federation will support AITMC to outwit the BJP government.
The Fair Price Shop Owners Federation will shortly visit Varanasi to launch an anti-NaMo campaign and Prahlad Modi will also be present during the session.
The Federation also plans to felicitate chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee for the success of the Khadyo Sathee scheme.
courtesy : timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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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.
