KS Eshwarappa cannot use Modi's pictures, party will decide about him after nomination: R Ashoka
Bengaluru, Apr 6: Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka on Saturday indicated that BJP will decide on rebel leader K S Esharappa, who has decided to contest as an independent in Shimoga Lok Sabha segment, once he files his nomination against the party's official candidate.
Accusing Eshwarappa of making "unauthorised use" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pictures during his campaign, he said, only BJP has the right to use it for its political activities like seeking votes, and that the party's legal cell will look into it.
"It is wrong, Eshwarappa doesn't have the right to use (Modi's pictures). Modi's photo can be used for a government event as he is the prime minister of the country. Whben it is a matter that is political or related to votes or election, only BJP has the right to use Modi's pictures," Ashoka said.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, "Only BJP has the right legally and the party's legal cell will look into it, and they will lodge a necessary complaint....It is being used in an unauthorised way, it is not right."
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Asked about the party still not taking any action against Eshwarappa, Ashoka said, after he files his nomination against the party's official candidate, the BJP will take a decision about him.
When pointBed out that Eshwarappa has nowhere said that he is against the party, he said, "it is the BJP, that decides it."
Eshwarappa has announced he will contest as an independent candidate from Shimoga seat in the coming Lok Sabha polls, blaming -- state BJP President B Y Vijayendra and his father and veteran party leader B S Yediyurappa -- for his son K E Kantesh being denied a party ticket from Haveri constituency. Former chief minister Basavaraj Bommai has got Haveri ticket.
Yediyurappa's elder son and sitting MP B Y Raghavendra is the BJP candidate from Shimoga. Eshwarappa is adamant on contesting from there, despite efforts by the party leaders to pacify him.
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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.
