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Opposition Disrupts Goa Governor’s Address Over Arpora Nightclub Fire

The winter session opened with protests focused on accountability for the blaze that killed 25 people.

Overview

  • Seven Opposition MLAs from Congress, AAP, GFP and RGP rushed to the well with placards and were escorted out by security.
  • Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao demanded a gubernatorial statement on the Birch by Romeo Lane inferno and pressed for government accountability.
  • Chief Minister Pramod Sawant called the disruption a breach of House protocol as Governor P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju continued his address.
  • The five-day sitting from January 12 to 16 includes 731 submitted questions, with 178 starred and 553 unstarred, indicating extensive scrutiny.
  • A magisterial inquiry found the nightclub operated illegally on a salt pan with serious safety lapses, and owners Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra were arrested after deportation from Thailand.