Will send a proposal to the Union Govt to ban online gambling : UP Dy CM Brajesh Pathak
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) – Due to the rapidly growing online gambling (real money gaming) industry across the country, lakhs of families are being ruined, and crores of rupees are being looted. It is not enough that States make laws to control this, but a nationwide strict and effective law is necessary. In this regard, activists of the ‘Surajya Abhiyan’ of the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti met the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Brajesh Pathak, in person and demanded that a proposal be submitted to the Union Government under Article 252 of the Constitution of India. Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak responded positively to this and assured the activists that such a proposal would be sent to the Union Government soon.
On this occasion, ‘Surajya Abhiyan’ Uttar Pradesh Coordinator Vishwanath Kulkarni, Joint Secretary to the Government of Uttar Pradesh Shashikant Shukla, former President of the Secretariat Association Harisharan Mishra, President of the Uttar Pradesh Local Government Central Revenue Service Employees’ Association Prashant Mishra and Dilip Gupta were present.
Online gaming industry is huge and lures crores of people with the promise of quick and large rewards.
MUMBAI -‘Surajya Abhiyan’, a Hindu Janajagruti Samiti initiative, has demanded that the central government should ban online games as well as real money gaming (a form of online gambling), ban those who advertise gambling apps and sponsors of these games and immediately enact laws to regulate such games. Mr Abhishek Murukte, Maharashtra State Coordinator of ‘Surajya Abhiyan’ has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard.
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The letter states,
1. The government receives an annual revenue of Rs 30,000 crore from the online ‘real money gaming’ industry. In India the number of users of such apps is over 50 crores. Although the sector is promoting digital innovations, it appears to be causing addiction, financial crises for the users, increase in criminal activities and suicides among youth on a large scale.
2. In India, 19.9 percent of the teenage population is addicted to online gaming and at least 25 youth have dies by suicde after drowning in debt due to online games.
3. Although such online games are sponsored by organizations like the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Dream11, there is no central monitoring system to control them, leading to a huge fraud.
4. Famous sportspersons and movie actors should be prohibited from participating in misleading advertising of such apps. It has been revealed that consumers are being cheated through these advertisements.
5. There is an urgent need for the central government to enact laws to protect the citizens.
