Youth Congress workers protest outside Goa restaurant allegedly owned by Smriti Irani's daughter
Panaji, Jul 24: Youth Congress workers on Sunday protested outside a Goa restaurant which the Congress claims is owned by Union minister Smriti Irani's daughter.
The Congress on Saturday demanded Irani's sacking, alleging her daughter was running an illegal bar in Goa, but the minister had claimed the "malicious" charge was made at the Gandhi family's behest due to her vocal stand in the National Herald case and vowed to fight back.
On Sunday, Goa Youth Congress president Varad Mardolkar and state unit spokesman Amarnath Panjikar led the protest outside the Sully Souls Goa restaurant in Assagao village and demanded that the establishment be shut down.
Goa Congress chief Amit Patkar had alleged that the renewal for the restaurant's bar licence has been applied in the name of a dead person.
He had claimed that the Excise Commissioner, responding to a complaint against the fraud, issued a show cause notice to the restaurant returnable on July 29.
The protesters said Irani cannot run away from her responsibility by striking an emotional chord and that she has to respond to the allegation.
Panjikar said Irani cannot hide behind the emotional statements and blame others.
He alleged that Irani was holding senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi responsible for the illegality done by her own family members.
Panjikar demanded that action be initiated against the restaurant and those involved in the illegality.
Youth Congress protests against Union Minister Smt Smriti Irani's illegal SillySoul Cafe & Bar at Assagao Goa Youth Congress members strongly demanded resignation of Smt. Smriti Irani and also handed over Lock & Keys to the Police to seal the illegal business premises permanently pic.twitter.com/SqxJYAWxhK
— Goa Youth Congress (@IYCGoa) July 24, 2022
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युवा कांग्रेस के जाबांजों ने पुलिस की मौजूदगी में टेप निकालकर BAR का सच सामने ला दिया..pic.twitter.com/iqkiE8d47L
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BJP has history of ‘contradictory alliances’, says BK Hariprasad
Bengaluru: Congress MLC B. K. Hariprasad has launched a sharp attack on the BJP, accusing the party of hypocrisy over its criticism of alliance politics in Tamil Nadu.
In a post on X on Friday, Hariprasad said BJP leader B. L. Santhosh criticising the Congress party’s alliance politics in Tamil Nadu was “not just laughable, but the height of political contradiction.”
He said the Congress has always joined hands with like-minded parties to protect secular and democratic values in the country.
Hariprasad questioned the BJP over several of its past and present alliances across the country. Referring to Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tripura, Bihar and Maharashtra, he accused the BJP of sharing power with parties it had earlier criticised.
He alleged that the BJP had aligned with separatist and corruption-linked political forces in different states for political gains.
“The BJP, which speaks against alliances today, should first look at its own political history,” he said, adding that the party’s record was full of “contradictions and changing stands.”
Hariprasad also accused the BJP of using central agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax Department and CBI as political tools to target opposition leaders, topple governments and influence electoral mandates.
He further claimed that the people of Tamil Nadu had strongly rejected the BJP and its ideology in the recent election.
“Congress forms alliances to protect the Constitution, secularism and national unity, while the BJP enters into alliances only for power,” he said.
