Tamil Nadu Assembly readopts bill against online gambling
The Hindu
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on Thursday readopted the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill, 2022 (L.A. Bill No 53 of 2022) moved by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin.
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on Thursday readopted the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill, 2022 (L.A. Bill No 53 of 2022) moved by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin.
The Bill was tabled again in the House since Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi returned it on March 6 saying it was an ultra virus for the Constitution and against the judgments of courts. The bill was first adopted in the Assembly on October 19, 2022.
This is the second time the Tamil Nadu Assembly has re-adopted a Bill returned by the Governor. Last year, a Bill seeking exemption from NEET for admission into undergraduate medical degree courses was re-adopted.
All political parties except the BJP supported Thursday’s bill. The AIADMK spoke in favour of it, but the MLAs led by former Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami staged a walkout when the bill was taken up for voting on the ground that the splinter group of just four MLAs headed by O. Panneerselvam was allowed to speak on the Bill.
The Chief Minister said he was moving the bill with a heavy heart since “44 persons had died by suicide after incurring heavy financial loss in online gambling.”
He also recalled the suicide note left by Suresh Kumar of Chennai, who had pleaded for a ban saying that he should be the last person to die and no one should leave their family in the lurch.
“Deaths are happening every day in front of us and the state government has the duty and responsibility to prevent them,” Mr Stalin said.
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