CFI activists detained as they protest invitation to Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat to M’luru varsity event
Mangaluru: In the wake of the inauguration of the Mangaluru University Student Organization at Mangalagangotri Campus in Konaje, the Campus Front Mangaluru unit student activists staged a protest and laid siege outside the university opposing the invitation extended to RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat who was invited to inaugurate the event at Mangaluru University.
The police have reportedly detained several Campus Front student activists including the organization’s leader for staging a protest and laying siege outside the university.
Alleging that the learning environment of the university is being ruined by rendering invitations to such propagators of hate speech to the university’s official programs and Kalladka Prabhakar is already known for widely propagating hate speech throughout the district and ruining the harmonious societal atmosphere with various complaints registered against him in several police stations, the Campus Front Delegation had requested the Mangaluru University Chancellor Yadapadithaya to withdraw the invitation rendered to Kalladka Prabhakar for the inaugural of the Mangaluru University Student organization on Monday.
Police personnel have been deployed at the Mangaluru University Campus and strict security arrangements have been undertaken in this regard.
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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.
