BJP’s Karnataka bandh gets poor response
Bengaluru, May 28: The Karnataka bandh called by the BJP demanding waiver of farmers loans on Monday, received poor response across the state.
Though the BJP has called for voluntary bandh in all districts except Bengaluru, general public, business establishments, auto and taxi drivers and transport companies have not supported the bandh. It was a complete failure. As the MLAs and MPs tried to close the shops and business establishments in Bidar, Kalburgi, Bellary, Chitradurga, Koppal, Mysuru and other districts, the police took them into custody. MPs Pratap Simha, Bhagwanth Khuba, Karadi Sanganna and others were taken into custody, against this, the BJP workers shouted slogans and staged protests.
Indira canteen stoned
Miscreants stoned Indira canteen near the Union Park in Chitradurga city on Monday. As a result, the window panes were damaged. Police have arrested three BJP workers following the incident.
Threat to hotel
In Yadagiri, BJP MLA Venkata Siva Reddy went to a hotel and threatened the hotel owner to close it. When the public opposed it, the MLA has reportedly said that everybody should follow what he said as he is the MLA of the constituency.
DySP assaulted?
As the DySP has taken an auto which was using the loud speakers without permission, into his custody, MP Karadi Sanganna has attacked the officer and obstructed him from discharging his duty. The BJP workers who rushed to the police station engaged in verbal duals with the police personnel, due to which tension prevailed for some time.
Schools and colleges, government offices, banks, factories and other establishments have remained open as usual. There was no problem in transportation facility. As a result, the people did not feel the heat of BJP-sponsored bandh in the state.
Week deadline for loan waiver
Meanwhile, BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa said that the Karnataka bandh called by the party demanding farmers loan waiver was successful. The government has tried to suppress the BJP leaders who have been protesting for farmers loans waiver, through police. The government should take a decision within a week on waiver off loans, he said.
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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.
