Goa should cancel off shore casino licences: BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)on Sunday demanded that Goa should cancel all off shore casino licences.
By PTI |
PANAJI: The Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)on Sunday demanded that Goa should cancel all off shore casino licences.
"We don't require any off shore casino. State government should cancel all the licences by bringing in amendment to Anti Gambling Act," Goa's BJP Chief Shripad Naik told reporters.
BJP's State Executive which met here decided against the off shore casinos, which have flooded Mandovi river. While government has given licences to only two casinos, there are few more casino vessels lined up in the river.
"Through massive kickbacks floodgates for off shore casino licences are opened which has resulted into casino ships in dozens lined up in Mandovi river," Naik said.
Their presence has accident and danger of blocking the navigational channel, he added.
Naik said that the party is opposed to all kind of casinos, even on shore. "We are more particular about off shore as it will spoil our future generation," he said.
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The BJP, earlier this month had led procession on an off shore casino operator's office blocking his entrance for almost three hours. V2{Isix off shore casinos in the state on the first come first serve basis.
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