If Mithun Rai wins, he will not set Dakshina Kannada on fire like Nalin Kumar: D K Shivkumar
Demands 'report card' on achievements of Nalin Kumar Kateel
Mangaluru: Senior Congress leader and Minister D K Shivkumar on Monday demanded a ‘report card’ of BJP MP and Dakshina Kannada candidate Nalin Kumar Kateel, for the last 10 years when he was the MP from the constituency.
“Nalin Kumar has not done anything for the development of the district. He was twice given the opportunity and he missed it both the times. Now it is time for the people of Dakshina Kannada to elect Mithun Rai and Congress from the constituency” he said while addressing a press conference at Dakshina Kannada District Congress office in Mangaluru on Monday.
“Mithun is a devotee of lord Hanuman, a young man and a Hindu and a believer of secular principles. If he wins, he will not set the district on fire or speak of it like Nalin Kumar” Shivkumar said while taking a dig at Nalin Kumar’s statement wherein he had threatened to set Dakshina Kannada on fire.
Former MLA Mohiddin Bava, party leaders Ibrahim Kodijal, former Mayors Bhaskar Moily, Mahabala Marla, Shashidhar Hegde and others were present at the press conference.
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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.
