Patna: All India Majlis-e-Ittihadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Chief, Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday night added that in the situation that his party emerges as the deciding factor in Bihar assembly elections, the party as a whole will take a call on whether to support the RJD led Mahagadtbandhan or not.

Speaking during a debate show on India Today Owaisi added that he will consult with the stakeholders of the party including the Bihar state leadership of the party before taking a decision when such a scenario wherein his party emerges a the kingmaker.

Asked about the allegations of damaging the results for RJD led coalition, Owaisi said such allegations will be made against him and his party always and that he is not bothered about it.

“By fighting elections, we are strengthening democracy and not damaging it. We are entitled to fight elections anywhere in the country. If I am damaging results for one party, then why did that party lose seats in Gujarat, Karnataka, MP, and other states? Who was responsible for their losses there?” Owaisi said while pointing at the Congress.

“Their idea is that Owaisi and AIMIM should not contest the election, they want to ask why are we contesting elections, I want to tell them I will dare to fight elections. They can’t stop me, I will stand up to them and contest elections wherever we feel we need to” he added.

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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.