Karnataka CM lodges police complaint over fake news report
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said he has lodged a police complaint over a fake news story and accused "the miscreants supported by the unholy alliance of BJP and JD(S) of fabricating a piece of disinformation mimicking a report from the Kannada newspaper."
Siddaramaiah said he will root out the creators of such fake news and those backing them through legal means.
The chief minister shared the purported ‘news report’ in Kannada, whose headline read, "We don’t need Hindus. Muslim votes are enough: Siddaramaiah," on the micro-blogging site ‘X’.
Quoting Siddaramaiah, the sub-heading in the fake news report said: "I wish to be born as a Muslim in the next birth. Don’t bother about BJP’s comments on Muslim appeasement."
"This fake news is loaded with content that stirs up communal tensions and has been widely disseminated across social media platforms," Siddaramaiah said.
Stating that he has already lodged a complaint with the police about this, he said, "We have information about the vested interests behind this and the police will take necessary action."
Resorting to such deceitful tactics to win elections, rather than engaging with political opponents through fair and honest means, shows the intellectual bankruptcy of the BJP and JD(S), the chief minister alleged.
"A party that has ruled the country for 10 years should not have stooped to such a despicable level of manufacturing fake news to win an election. Be cautious before believing and sharing fake news..!," Siddaramaiah added.
ಬಿಜೆಪಿ – ಜೆಡಿಎಸ್ ಮಿತ್ರಮಂಡಳಿ ಕೃಪಾಪೋಷಿತ ಕಿಡಿಗೇಡಿಗಳು ವಾರ್ತಾಪತ್ರಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಹೋಲುವ ಸುಳ್ಳು ಸುದ್ದಿಯ ತುಣುಕೊಂದನ್ನು ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸಿ, ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಜನರ ಕೋಮುಭಾವನೆ ಕೆರಳಿಸುವ ಸುದ್ದಿಯನ್ನು ತುಂಬಿ ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಜಾಲತಾಣಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹರಿಬಿಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಈ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ನಾನು ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಇಲಾಖೆಗೆ ದೂರು ನೀಡಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಇದರ ಹಿಂದಿರುವ ದುಷ್ಟ ಶಕ್ತಿ… pic.twitter.com/6Gin6L9Dvz
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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.
