Modi is ruling like Hitler: Dinesh Gundurao
Bengaluru, September 10: Comparing the administration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Hitler, KPCC president Dinesh Gundurao said that he was not in a position to listen to the suggestions or advises of others because he was claiming that he was right.
Addressing the protest rally organized as part of the Bharat Bandh condemning the fuel price hike here on Monday, the KPCC president said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been taking unilateral decisions without listening to others due to which the problems were increasing instead of decreasing. He took a decision of demonitisation unilaterally. Now, he has been increasing the price of fuel and thus gave a big jolt to the common people. When he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, he had said that those who increase the price of fuel should be hanged. But why should he be silent now, he asked.
“Apart from fuel price hike, essential commodities like food grains, vegetables and travel fares are also increasing. Where is the Achhe Din for the common people? The Prime Minister does not have the patience to listen to the problems of the people. What should we do by having such a prime minister? The country has seen the worst days during the four and half years administration of Modi. If he has humanity, he would not have taken such irrational decisions”, he said.
Now, he was asking one more term to reduce the fuel prices. Then what did he do in the last four and half years administration? He was ruling the country by giving false assurances and statements. Modi was the best liar in the country, he alleged.
In the next Lok Sabha election, the BJP should be taught a lesson. Both the BJP and Modi have been disturbing communal harmony by creating hatred environment. So, the BJP should not be given another chance to destroy the country, he said.
Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan, MLAs Munirathna, HM Revanna, Lakshmi Hebbalkar, NA Haris and former MLA and CPM state secretary GV Srirama Reddy were present.
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'Someone must be held accountable': HC converts civil suit on Goa nightclub tragedy into PIL
Panaji (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Monday converted a civil suit against Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub into a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) saying "someone has to be held accountable" for the tragedy in which 25 people were killed.In a stern observation, Goa bench of the High Court of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Ashish Chavan said the local panchayat had "failed to take suo motu cognisance" of the club and had taken "no action despite complaints."
The division bench directed the Goa government to file a detailed reply on the permissions granted to the nightclub.
The High Court, while fixing January 8 as the next date of hearing, pointed out that commercial operations were continuing in the structure despite it having been served a demolition order.
The original petition was filed after the December 6 tragedy by Pradeep Ghadi Amonkar and Sunil Divkar, the owners of the land on which the nightclub was operating.
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Advocate Rohit Bras de Sa, the lawyer representing the petitioner, was made amicus curiae in the matter and has been asked to file a detailed affidavit in the matter.
In their petition, Amonkar and Divkar highlighted "the alarming pattern of statutory violations that have remained inadequately addressed despite multiple complaints, inspections, show-cause notices, and even a demolition order".
They contended that these violations posed "immediate threats to public safety, ecological integrity, and the rule of law in the state of Goa."
Investigations by multiple agencies into the nightclub fire have revealed various irregularities, including lack of permissions to operate the nightclub.
The Goa police arrested five managers and staff members of the club, while co-owners Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra have been detained in Thailand after they fled the country.
