What did you do when farmers protested in Delhi: Deve Gowda hits out at Modi
Farm loan waiver scheme
Bengaluru, Jan 2: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda Wednesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking a jibe at the Karnataka government's farm loan waiver scheme and questioned him about demonetisation and the Ram mandir issue.
"I have observed taunting statements of @narendramodion Karnataka's crop loan waiver scheme.
Dear PM, more than 60,000 farmers have already received money directly into their bank accounts.
We are determined to keep our promise to the farmers and are acting on the same lines," Gowda said in a tweet.
"Dear @narendramodi, if your index finger is busy questioning us,the other fingers are questioning you about demonetisation, Clean Ganga, inter-linking of rivers, Ram Mandir And other unfulfilled promises.
Please remind yourself about how you treated farmers during protests in Delhi," the JD(S)supremo said in another tweet.
Addressing a rally at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh last week, Modi had said the Congress promised loan waivers to lakhs of farmers, but the JD(S)-Congress coalition in Karnataka did not deliver.
"Lollipops" were handed out. The loan waiver was given to only 800 farmers, Modi had claimed.
Also, taking on the state government over loan waiver scheme, Modi, while addressing party workers of the state via video conference, on Friday had termed it as the "most cruel joke on farmers".
Modi's comments had drawn sharp criticism from Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and Congress leader Siddaramaiah.
While Kumaraswamy had accused the Prime Minister of misleading the country for "political gains, Siddaramaiah questioned Modi's "moral right" to criticise the state government's farm loan waiver scheme and called him "anti farmer".
The Kumaraswamy-led state government had announced over Rs 45,000 crore loan waiver scheme in July, soon after coming to power.
But it has been bogged down by several issues relating to banks.
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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.
