BY Raghavendra and his wife have assets worth Rs 73.71 crore
Bengaluru, Apr 18: Veteran BJP leader B S Yediyurappa's son and MP B Y Ragahavendra has declared in his election affidavit that he and his wife have assets worth over Rs 73.71 crore.
The BJP candidate filed his nomination from the Shimoga Lok Sabha segment on Thursday, and has declared movable assets worth Rs 31.09 crore in his name, and Rs 2.95 crore in the name of his wife Tejaswini.
The three-time MP has immovable assets, including agricultural and non-agricultural land as well as commercial and residential buildings, worth Rs 24.76 crore in his name and Rs 14.90 crore in his wife's name.
The couple has total liabilities of Rs 13.61 crore.
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A Bachelor of Business Management (BBM) graduate, the 50-year-old has two criminal cases pending against him.
According to his affidavit, Raghavendra owns an Ambassador car worth Rs one lakh, a Toyota Fortuner worth Rs 41.32 lakh, and a tractor worth Rs 2.45 lakh.
While Raghavendra has declared that gold, diamonds, silver and precious stones in his possession are worth Rs 98.83 lakh, those in the name of his wife are valued at Rs 1.13 crore.
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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.
