Satya Pal Malik is Centre's slave, says Farooq Abdullah
Guwahati (Assam), Nov 22: A day after the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was dissolved by Governor Satya Pal Malik, National Conference (NC) leader Farooq Abdullah claimed that the Governor was just a "slave" of the central government.
"It (dissolution of state assembly) proves that he (Satya Pal Malik) is just a slave of the Centre. If the Centre tells him to sit he will sit and if they tell him to stand up he will do the same. He didn't dissolve the house earlier when we requested while he waited for so long only for the trading of MLAs to be done for the formation of BJP government," Abdullah told reporters here, adding that the institution of Governor now needs to have a relook.
Reacting to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary Ram Madhav's remark on NC and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stitching an alliance on the basis of instructions from across the border, Abdullah said that the NC has never waited for Pakistan's signal. "Madhav should apologise not only to the people of Jammu and Kashmir but also to the people of India," he added.
On Wednesday, Malik dissolved the Assembly minutes after PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti wrote to the Governor staking claim to form the state government in alliance with the NC and Congress. A number of leaders have condemned the governor's decision to dissolve the assembly abruptly while terming the decision as a "politically-motivated move." Earlier in the day, Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury claimed that Malik was acting as the political arm of the current dispensation, which does not want normalcy to be restored in a state ruled by any party other than the BJP.
He further said that Malik failed to uphold the Constitution as he should have called the group to prove its strength on the floor of the House rather than dissolving the Assembly.
Meanwhile, CPI leader D.Raja termed Malik's decision as "undemocratic" and "unacceptable" and questioned why the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was kept in a state of suspended animation for such a long period.
Furthermore, Raja demanded that President Ram Nath Kovind should take note of the situation and sack the Governor. "Governor plays at the hands of the BJP and acts on the behest of the Union government. President must take note and immediately call him back or sack him," he said.
Courtesy: www.aninews.in
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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.
