Read book written by your own MP: Siddaramaiah hits back at Janardhan Reddy
Bengaluru, October 29: “Mr. Janardhan Reddy, instead of shedding tears saying that Siddaramaiah has jailed me for four years without reason, read this book written by your own party MP”, said former chief minister Siddaramaiah to Janardhan Reddy.
Former minister Janardhan Reddy has said that ‘Siddaramaiah has tortured mine and Sriramulu families. He has jailed me for four years and devastated my life”. Responding to Reddy’s statement, Siddaramaiah gave vented his ire in Twitter.
Tagging the front page of the book ‘Mining Mafia: Ivaru Yaru Gottenu, Ivara Kathe Helalenu’, written by BJP MP Pratap Simha regarding the illegal mining in the state, Siddaramaiah took Reddy to task.
Ridiculing in Twitter, Siddaramaiah said that “Mr Janardhan Reddy, instead of shedding tears saying that Siddaramaiah has jailed me for four years without reason, read this book written by your own party MP. You will come to know what crime you have done to go to jail”.
Pratap Simha retaliates
Reacting to Siddaramaiah’s tweet, MP Pratap Simha said that ‘hey Siddaramaiah, after shouting that Kumaraswamy won’t become chief minister, you have offered unconditional support and begged his father to make Kumaraswamy as chief minister. Have you forgotten the press conference you have conducted with the person you have termed as scoundrel, he asked in his Twitter response.
ಸನ್ಮಾನ್ಯ ಜನಾರ್ಧನ ರೆಡ್ಡಿಯವರೇ, ನೀವು ಜೈಲಲ್ಲಿ ಕೊಳೆಯುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದು ಯಾರೆಂದು ತಾನು ಬರೆದ ಪುಸ್ತಕದಲ್ಲಿದೆ ಎಂದು ನಿಮ್ಮ ಗೆಳೆಯ ಪ್ರತಾಪಸಿಂಹ ಟ್ವೀಟ್ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದರು,ಗಮನಿಸಿ.@INCKarnataka pic.twitter.com/f4xeWr1qOz
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) October 29, 2018
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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.
