Bill to ban online rummy game will be introduced in Assembly after getting Centre’s nod: Pondy Minister

Puducherry, March 23 (PTI) Puducherry Law Minister K Lakshminararyanan on Thursday announced in the assembly that the territorial government has prepared a draft bill to ban online rummy games in the union territory and it would be sent to the Centre for approval.

He was replying to the pleas made by members belonging to both the ruling and opposition blocks after DMK leader R Siva tabled call attention motion seeking steps to ban online rummy games.

The PWD Minister said, “there is no second opinion on the part of the government to ban the game. We have already prepared a Bill to ban it and after getting approval of the Centre, the Bill would be placed on the table of the House for a detailed debate and after adoption of the Bill the necessary Act would be enforced.”

Earlier, moving the call attention motion, Siva stressed the immediate need to ban the game. Another DMK member L Sampath said he had prepared a regulation and submitted it to the Puducherry government to ban the online rummy game.
BJP legislator P M L Kalyanasundaram said the youth should be protected as there were instances of the players falling a prey to the game.

After the zero hour in the House today, Lakshminarayanan made an announcement that the Centre had sanctioned Rs 92.46 crores for fish landing infrastructures in the coastal villages of Periya Kalapet, Nallavadu and expansion of fishing harbour in Thengaitttu.

“All the three projects are fully funded by the central government and they would be completed in the next 18 months.”

He further said that the government had come out with the proposals to ameliorate the lot of the fishermen