BJP releases list of candidates for June 13 MLC elections in Karnataka
Bengaluru (PTI): The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday announced the list of its three candidates for the biennial Legislative Council elections for the 11 seats on June 13.
These seats are falling vacant due to the retirement of the sitting members on June 17.
The BJP has named former minister C T Ravi, sitting MLC N Ravikumar and party leader Dr M G Muley. The JD(S) is likely to announce its candidate on Monday, JD(S) sources said.
The Congress has not announced its candidates for seven seats.
Based on the present strength of MLAs in the Assembly, the Congress can field seven candidates, BJP-JD(S) combine can field four. The Congress has 133 MLAs, BJP - 66 and JD(S) - 19 MLAs. The Congress claims that it has the support of four other MLAs, including two independents.
The Congress sources said the list of candidates may be revealed by this evening. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's son Yathindra Siddaramaiah's name is finalised, it said, adding that Science and Technology Minister N S Boseraju's name is almost finalised.
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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.
