India, Jan. 12 -- Opposition Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members on Monday disrupted governor Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju's address on the first day of the Goa assembly's winter session over the fire at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub that claimed 25 lives last month.

Safety lapses, including an inadequate number of exits, a thatched roof, and stacks of alcohol, intensified the fire that ripped through the nightclub in the coastal village of Arpora. On December 16, Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, the owners of the club, were arrested at Delhi airport after being deported from Thailand, where they fled after the fire.

Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao blamed the state government for the tragedy. "It was our request to the governor that ...