We are not responsible for BJP candidate’s decision: CM Kumaraswamy
“Will continue Tippu Jayanti”
Bengaluru, November 01: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that they were not responsible for the BJP candidate’s decision to backtrack from contesting the by-election from Ramnagar constituency.
Speaking to reporters at Kanteerava Stadium here on Thursday after Kannada Rajyotsava programme, the Chief Minister said that Chandrasekhar's exit from the party was clear evidence on how the BJP would consider and treat leaders who come from other political parties. Another example for such treatment was SM Krishna, he said.
He would not react to the comments or allegations being made by the BJP. Sadananda Gowda has been making unnecessary allegation against him, the CM reacted on the BJP’s statement that Kumaraswamy would lose his power after November 6.
Do not neglect the election after BJP candidate’s exit from the election. Take the voters into confidence and get maximum votes from both the parties, he appealed the party workers.
“Because of the BJP attitude, Ramanagar candidate has left the party. We have not lured anybody. After filing nomination papers, I have not gone to Ramanagar and asked votes. People of Ramanagar have elected us. I will remember Ramanagar people till my last breath”, he said.
“Tiger of Mysuru Tippu Sultan Jayanti was the official programme of the previous government. But we will continue that programme”.
- HD Kumaraswamy, Chief Minister
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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.
