Siddaramaiah visits Srinivas Prasad's house in Mysuru for talks
Mysuru: In a significant political development, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah visited the house of his political rival, Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha Constituency MP V. Srinivas Prasad, and held talks.
Siddaramaiah paid a surprise visit to MP Srinivas Prasad's house at Jayalakshmipuram on Saturday morning to discuss the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
On the 17th of last month, MP V. Srinivas Prasad announced his retirement from politics. Following this, his brother Ramaswamy, his son Bharat Ramaswamy, and supporters from Chamarajanagar and Mysuru district joined the Congress. Siddaramaiah's visit to MP Srinivas Prasad's house has created a sensation in the political circle.
V. Srinivas Prasad, an influential Dalit leader of Old Mysuru, was the revenue minister in Siddaramaiah's cabinet in 2013 but was later dropped. He then resigned from the cabinet and contested from the BJP, but was defeated in the Nanjangudu by-election. In the 2018 elections, he defeated his son-in-law Harsh Vardhan from the BJP.
Despite announcing his retirement from electoral politics, V. Srinivas Prasad contested from the Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency in 2019 and won against the late R. Dhruvanarayan.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, speaking to the media after meeting with MP V. Srinivas Prasad, stated, "I am a long-time friend of V. Srinivas Prasad. He joined the BJP in the changed political scenario, while I stayed in the Congress party. Now that he has retired from politics, I did not get to meet him after his political retirement. So, I visited him today and inquired about his health."
Siddaramaiah clarified that politics was not discussed during the meeting. He mentioned that Prasad had already stated that he would not support any party, so there was no discussion on political matters. Siddaramaiah said he only asked for his sympathy for the Congress party during the meeting.
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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.
