Archive · 6 Sep 2026
Amit Shah Inaugurates Goa BJP Headquarters After Delhi Building Collapse
Amit Shah opened a new Bharatiya Janata Party office in Goa.
The opening ceremony was taking place on Sunday.
During the event, news came that a building had collapsed in New Delhi.
One person died and several people were trapped.
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said the ceremony should end early.
The decision was made because of the tragedy.
Shah then left the venue and sent his best wishes to party workers.
Rescue teams continued trying to save people in the collapsed building.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the BJP’s new Goa headquarters in Chimbel near Panaji.
The inauguration function was curtailed after a building collapsed in New Delhi.
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced the decision during the event.
A five-storey boys’ paying guest building collapsed in south Delhi’s Satya Niketan area, killing one person and trapping several others.
Several BJP leaders attended the inauguration, while rescue efforts continued at the Delhi collapse site.
- Who
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the headquarters; Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced that the function would be curtailed.
- What
- The Bharatiya Janata Party’s new Goa state headquarters was inaugurated, but the formal ceremony was shortened.
- When
- Sunday, during Shah’s three-day tour of Goa.
- Where
- The headquarters is in Chimbel village near Panaji; the separate building collapse occurred in Satya Niketan, south Delhi.
- Why
- The ceremony was curtailed following the building collapse and rescue operation in New Delhi.
- Inaugurated by
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah
- Building location
- Chimbel village near Panaji, Goa
- Event status
- Formal function curtailed
- Collapse location
- Satya Niketan, south Delhi
- Collapsed structure
- Five-storey building housing a boys’ paying guest accommodation
- Reported casualties
- One person dead and several people trapped
- Rescue response
- Efforts continued to rescue people from the debris