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GOA MUST BE FREE OF CASINOS
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On Mon, 2 Dec 2019, 21:56 Stephen Dias, wrote:
>
> [02/12, 07:21] Stephen Dias: This demand of shifting casinos what Aires is
> saying has been said thousand times by all of us but our government skin is
> thick and this demand will never be materialized until BJP is out of power.
> Our politicians especiallt Michael Lobo including Pramod Sawant CM said
> that some casinos especified by them will be shifted to Verem-Reis Magos.
> This is a blufing statement because the dept in that area is shallow and
> bigger casinos will get grounded. It appears to be an eye wash to fool the
> people of Goa especially Panjimite.
> What is point to even shift from one side to other side of the river
> Mandivi when the water flowing in the river is same with full of sewage
> coming from St Inez creek and dumping of garbage from casinos into this
> river?
> First clean the river and stop all this menace then think of other aspects
> of shifting. Dredging of river at the Verem side is not the solution but
> shifting of casinos must be done out of anchorage area or get rid of them
> as they dont serve any purpose to Goans except tourists who are temporary
> visiting this state at our cost?
> Stephen Dias
> Dona Paula
> 2.12.2019
> [02/12, 07:21] Stephen Dias: GOA MUST BE FREE OF CASINOS
>
> by Aires Rodrigues
>
> Merely shifting some Casinos them from the Panaji side of River Mandovi
> across to Verem is an eyewash. It is not a solution as the Casinos need to
> be driven out of Goa to save our now tarnished State from further ruin.
>
> While as the 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 after coming to Power, the
> BJP has gone all out to promote, shield and increase the number of Casinos.
> And now Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has publicly stated that those “dens
> of vice" and that the “social evil” is now an integral and vital part of
> the Tourism trade
>
> 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 BJP has
> fallen in passionate love with the Casino brigade who are now getting the
> government’s abundant patronage and overwhelming support. For the very
> dismal number of jobs created for Goans, the overall damage that is being
> inflicted on the State by Casinos is irreversible. While the BJP is
> 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. Needless to state Goa is now also
> a drowning destination. So, for Goa to remain afloat the Casinos must sink.
> And faster it happens it would be better for Goa and Goans.
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