High command changes Parameshwar’s portfolio: Siddaramaiah
Hubballi, Dec 28: “The decision to handover the Home portfolio from DCM Dr G Parameshwar to MB Patil was taken by the party high command. What shall I do in this issue”, former chief minister Siddaramaiah asked.
Speaking to reporters here on Friday, Siddaramaiah said that the news about verbal duels between him and Dr G Parameshwar regarding the Home portfolio was just a rumour. He only had prevailed upon the party high command to make Parameshwar as deputy chief minister, he said.
Ramesh Jarkiholi was in Belagavi and statement that he would desert the Congress was not true. There was a media report that he has gone to Mumbai to meet Maharashtra Chief Minister which is also not true. As he was dropped from the Cabinet, he was unhappy, he said.
“I don’t know as to why JDS leader Basavaraj Horatti is expressing displeasure over me regarding the Cabinet expansion. We have moved as decided in the Coordination Committee meeting. Horatti should ask Kumaraswamy instead of me”, Siddaramaiah said.
When asked about HD Revanna’s statement that DCM Dr G Parameshwar was being oppressed in the Congress as he was dalit, Siddaramaiah expressed his surprise about the statement of JDS leader. If Revanna asked him this question, he would give him an answer, 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.
