‘It’s a murder…’, Congress State Prez Amit Patkar levels big allegations on BJP over Goa’s club tragedy

Dec 07, 2025

Arpora (Goa) 07 December, 2025 (ANI): Over North Goa’s Arpora Restaurant-Cum Club tragedy State Congress Prez Amit Patkar said that "I feel this incident is a black day in the tourism history of Goa. 25 innocent people died so we pay condolences to the families of all the deceased. I feel that this is deliberate murder of people. What we have been finding out through sources is that a demolition order was issued for this club and these people approached higher authorities, used pressure by ministers to stop the demolition. When a local elected body orders demolition as an illegal structure, I feel it should be the moral right of the administration to not grant any permission there. I have also come to know that did not have a fire license under fire safety norms. We saw the CM saying on record last night that this is a dangerous situation and people are not following the norms. It means that Goa CM has admitted that his administration has failed. I think there will be an inquiry, all that is fine but who will take responsibility for the 25 people who died? We demand that the CM and all the ministers involved in giving permission resign immediately on moral and political grounds...We also demand that the Governor should immediately request the Govt to dismiss this Govt because this is not the first incident. Rapes and murders are rising in Goa”.