CM Kumaraswamy to accompany Uttara Kannada Cong-JDS alliance candidate filing nomination on April 4
JD(S) leader Anand Asnotikar will take on Union Minister Ananth Kumar Hegde in Uttara Kannada
Karwar: Uttara Kannada Constituency’s candidate from Cong-JD(S) coalition, Anand Asnotikar will file his nomination papers on April 4, when the Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy will be visiting the city here.
According to the reports, a priest who Asnotikar considers before every decision had asked Asnotikar to file the nomination papers on March 30. Asnotikar though signed the papers on March 30 afternoon but did not file it and added that he will file it on April 4 in the presence of Chief Minister.
Speaking about his rival in the constituency and union minister Ananth Kumar Hegde, Asnotikar claimed that Hegde has business transactions with Muslim countries even after speaking against Muslims and Islam in public. “He is not valued within the BJP, all his speeches and comments on Islam and Muslims are his stunts to for votes. He is involved in multiple businesses transaction with Muslim countries” Asnotikar said while addressing press reporters.
“He has done nothing significant in the district in his 22 years as the parliamentarian from here. And the time has come when he will be taught lesson by the voters” he further added.
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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.
