Surjewala warns Congress leaders over public remarks on leadership issue
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Bengaluru: Congress in-charge for Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala has cautioned party leaders who have been making public statements about a possible change in leadership in the state.
In a post shared on X on Friday, Surjewala said he had spoken to both the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister about the matter. According to him, the two leaders agreed that the BJP in Karnataka, along with a few media outlets, was trying to tarnish the image of the Congress government and the state.
Surjewala said this was a deliberate attempt to weaken the government’s achievements and the success of the five guarantee schemes. He expressed disappointment that some Congress leaders and MLAs were giving unnecessary statements that were creating confusion.
He added that party leaders have been warned not to fall for any misinformation campaigns driven by vested interests. The views of party leaders and workers have been taken seriously by the high command, Surjewala said.
Had a discussion with Karnataka CM and Deputy CM and they agreed that a decisively defeated and faction ridden Karnataka BJP, alongwith a section of the media, are designedly running a maligning campaign against Karnataka and its Congress Government.
— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) November 21, 2025
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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.
