Report of clash between MLAs is far from truth: D.K. Shivakumar
Bengaluru, Jan 20: Water Resources Minister DK Shivakumar brushed aside the media reports that Ballari Vijayanagar MLA Anand Singh and Kampli MLA Ganesh fought with each other.
Speaking to reporters here on Sunday, Shivakumar said that both the MLAs were fine. They were in the resort. Some vested interests have spread rumours against them. They both would come before the media. It was true that there was some confusion between them. But he has resolved them yesterday. They were unhappy over the allotment of funds for their constituencies and it was not personal issue. It was far from truth, Shivakumar clarified.
BJP leaders came for studying drought condition. They have spent ten days in a resort in Gurugram in Haryana. They have experienced good weather there. Let them be good, he ridiculed.
The government has studied the drought situation in the state and taken measures to tackle it. Drinking water and fodder for cattle were being supplied. But the BJP MLAs were missing in their constituencies, he blasted.
Admitted to hospital due to chest pain
MLA Anand Singh was admitted to hospital as he complained chest pain and getting treatment. Instead of this, nothing was happened between them. Anand Singh sustained no injuries, clarified MP DK Suresh.
Speaking to reporters after enquiring the health of Anand Singh, Suresh said that rumours that Ganesh and Anand Singh clashed each other and Anand Singh was attacked was being telecast in the media. But that news was baseless. On Sunday at 7 am, Anand Singh himself came and admitted to a hospital in Sheshadripuram. Since he did not have proper sleep, his health condition was deteriorated. Now he is undergoing treatment, 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.
