Don't request me, ask your brother to not contest: Eshwarappa tells Vijayendra
Shivamogga: In a strong rebuttal to B Y Vijayendra's plea for forgiveness and cooperation, rebel BJP leader K S Eshwarappa urged Vijayendra to refrain from requesting leniency and instead persuade his brother Raghavendra to withdraw his nomination from the Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency. Eshwarappa made these remarks while addressing the media in Shimoga on Sunday.
Challenging Vijayendra to convince his brother to retract his candidacy, Eshwarappa also called on the BJP state president to resign from his position. He questioned whether Vijayendra feared his brother's potential defeat and harbored aspirations of holding onto power indefinitely.
While reiterating his allegiance to the BJP, Eshwarappa asserted that the most severe consequence he faced for contesting independently would be expulsion from the party. He emphasized that unlike Yediyurappa, who had formed the Karnataka Janata Paksha (KJP), he had not abandoned the party.
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Expressing frustration at Vijayendra's display of authority as the party president, Eshwarappa questioned the dominance exerted by Yediyurappa and his sons over the entire political landscape. Directing his remarks towards Vijayendra, he called for the BJP president to step down to alleviate the grievances of all concerned parties.
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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.
