Hi Aires, Almost all the casinos in Goa are labelled "Offshore" but are very much INSHORE in fact they are UPRIVER -- I think we should demand that "Offshore Casinos" should be OFFSHORE -- i.e. beyond the 12 mile (or Kilometer) sea border of India -- I think automatically these will find little or no business and would gradually die out -- then you would be left with only the couple of casinos that are licensed to operate on-shore -- which violate the basic Indian legal statutes.
Cheers Aloysius D'Souza On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 12:57 PM Aires Rodrigues <[email protected]> wrote: > With the Casino trade dubiously escalating, there needs to be a State wide > vigorous agitation against this social menace. Goa is the only State that > has callously permitted both land casinos as well as offshore ones. And > with political blessings they are operating unmonitored and unregulated > with even the required Gaming Commissioner not in place. And that so called > Casino policy may never see the light of the day. > > While as Leader of the Opposition Manohar Parrikar had vociferously > branded Casinos as a “social evil” and had called them "dens of vice". > While spearheading that agitation against Casinos, Manohar Parrikar had > vowed to make sure that all Casinos were thrown out of Goa if the BJP came > to power. But in a dramatic U turn in March 2012 the BJP once in Power went > all out to promote, shield and bolster the Casinos. > > Manohar Parrikar as the Chief Minister while branding the revenue from > Casinos as “bad” money, had declared in the Goa Legislative Assembly that > the revenue from Casinos would be kept in a separate account and utilized > only on homes for the aged and those suffering from Alzheimer's. On that > revenue earned by the government from Casinos, Manohar Parrikar had firmly > stated "We don't want to use that money to buy computers for students. We > don’t need that money in the budget”. Addressing the Goa Legislative > Assembly on 7th August 2012, Manohar Parrikar had also categorically and > confidently stated that he did not require the revenue from Casinos > for Goa’s developmental works. > > On 10th October 2013, Manohar Parrikar had assured the Goa Legislative > Assembly that all the Casinos would be out of the River Mandovi by > September 2015. > > Ironically the RSS which sets and gears the agenda for the BJP is known to > be against gambling but their silence on Casinos is deafening. The Congress > may have initiated the Casinos in the State, but the BJP has clearly fallen > in passionate love with the Casino brigade which is now showered with the > government’s abundant patronage and overwhelming support in all the > illegalities. > > For the dismal number of jobs created for Goans by Casinos, the overall > damage that is being inflicted to the State is irreversible. While the > current Ministers are feasting and making merry with the abundant moolah > flowing from the Casinos, Goa has sadly become the country’s gambling hub > with the allied vices of Prostitution and the Narcotics trade also > flourishing by the day while the Crime rate is on a steep rise. Even Vijai > Sardesai and Rohan Khaunte who were earlier very vocal and vociferous > against the Casinos, hopped on the bandwagon after being inducted as > Ministers in March 2017. > > The BJP led Government of Goa cannot and must not be allowed to make > endless U-turns on a social evil that they themselves in opposition and > even in Government vowed to put an end to. The people of Goa must not be > taken for a ride on this issue as it is clear that the corrupt Government > is swayed by the roll of the moolah rather than what is good for the people > of Goa. So, for Goa to remain afloat the Casinos must sink. The faster it > happens the better for Goa and Goans. > > Aires Rodrigues > > Advocate High Court > > C/G-2, Shopping Complex > > Ribandar Retreat, > > Ribandar – Goa – 403006 > > Mobile No: 9822684372 > > Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 > > Email: [email protected] > > Or > > [email protected] > > You can also reach me on > > Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues > > Twitter@rodrigues_aires > > > www.airesrodrigues.com >
