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Varun Gandhi likely to give biggest jolt BJP by joining Congress Party
New Delhi: In one of biggest jolt to Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) its sharp hardliner spokesperson Varun Gandhi is likely to quit Saffron side and there were reports that he will join hands along with his cousin brother Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi.
Now if we go according to this report then BJP Member of Parliament (MP) from Sultanpur and cousin brother of Congress Party’s Vice President Varun Gandhi may join his party in coming days.
It is believed that Rahul Gandhi may welcome his cousin brother Varun Gandhi in Congress Party. Now according to a local BJP leader from Agra believes that Varun Gandhi is not getting value which he deserves within Saffron Party as he is appropriate candidate for Chief Minister Post in Uttar Pradesh but he was completely ignored by the party.
If this update is true that this will might create a major political ripple in the world of politics, as rumors are rife that Varun Gandhi may join the Congress Party who represents Sultanpur in the Lok Sabha.
Senior Congress leader Haji Manzoor Ahmed was quoted as saying to leading Hindi news channel that Varun could be inducted into the Congress Working Committee as a member or an office-bearer.
He added that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra could become the catalyst for Varun quitting the BJP.
On the other hand, Agra city Congress ex-president and UPCC member Ram Tandon was also quoted as saying that with Rahul set to become the Congress chief, it was likely that Varun may join grand old party.
He further added that the BJP MP had never directly attacked Rahul Gandhi in his public briefings.
Varun is said to have a notable following in Pilibhit-Sultanpur-Lakhimpur Khiri areas.
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His mother Maneka Gandhi is an important BJP leader and is Women and Child Development minister in the Narendra Modi government.
Interestingly, on November 11, 2017, Varun had said that his surname Gandhi had helped him become a parliamentarian at the age of 29.
“I am Feroze Varun Gandhi. If my surname was not Gandhi would have I become an MP at the age of 29 years?” he had said.
However, the firebrand BJP leader had vouched for people getting equal opportunities and had hoped that an individual is not judged by his surname in India.
“Want to see an India where it doesn’t matter if I was Varun Dutta or Varun Ghosh or Varun Khan. All must get equal opportunities,” he had asserted.
Meanwhile, earlier on November 20, 2017, the Congress Working Committee had passed a resolution to make Rahul party president.
Notification for Congress president poll will be issued on December 1. The last date to file the nomination papers is December 4.
Voting will be conducted on December 16 and the results will be declared on December 19.
Rahul is expected to be the only candidate in the fray and if Varun will be inducted in Congress Party then the two cousin brothers will come together after a gap of 35 long years.
The State Scores Extra High on Gaming-Friendly Industry Index
Meghalaya scored 92.85 out of 100 possible points in a Gaming Industry Index and proved to be India’s most gaming-friendly state following its recent profound legislation changes over the field allowing land-based and online gaming, including games of chance, under a licensing regime.
The index by the UK India Business Council (UKIBC) uses a scale of 0 to 100 to measure the level of legalisation on gambling and betting achieved by a state based on the scores over a set of seven different games – lottery, horse racing, betting on sports, poker, rummy, casino and fantasy sports
Starting from February last year, Meghalaya became the third state in India’s northeast to legalise gambling and betting after Sikkim and Nagaland. After consultations with the UKIBC, the state proceeded with the adoption of the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021 and the nullification of the Meghalaya Prevention of Gambling Act, 1970. Subsequently in December, the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021 were notified and came into force.
All for the Tourists
The move to legalise and license various forms of offline and online betting and gambling in Meghalaya is aimed at boosting tourism and creating jobs, and altogether raising taxation revenues for the northeastern state. At the same time, the opportunities to bet and gamble legally will be reserved only for tourists and visitors.
“We came out with a Gaming Act and subsequently framed the Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021. The government will accordingly issue licenses to operate games of skill and chance, both online and offline,” said James P. K. Sangma, Meghalaya State Law and Taxation Minister speaking in the capital city of Shillong. “But the legalized gambling and gaming will only be for tourists and not residents of Meghalaya,” he continued.
To be allowed to play, tourists and people visiting the state for work or business purposes will have to prove their non-resident status by presenting appropriate documents, in a process similar to a bank KYC (Know Your Customer) procedure.
Meghalaya Reaches Out to a Vast Market
With 140 millions of people in India estimated to bet regularly on sports, and a total of 370 million desi bettors around prominent sporting events, as per data from one of the latest reports by Esse N Videri, Meghalaya is set to reach out and take a piece of a vast market.
Estimates on the financial value of India’s sports betting market, combined across all types of offline channels and online sports and cricket predictions and betting platforms, speak about amounts between $130 and $150 billion (roughly between ₹9.7 and ₹11.5 lakh crore).
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Delhi are shown to deliver the highest number of bettors and Meghalaya can count on substantial tourists flow from their betting circles. The sports betting communities of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are also not to be underestimated.
Among the sports, cricket is most popular, registering 68 percent of the total bet count analyzed by Esse N Videri. Football takes second position with 11 percent of the bets, followed by betting on FIFA at 7 percent and on eCricket at 5 percent. The last position in the Top 5 of popular sports for betting in India is taken by tennis with 3 percent of the bet count.
Local Citizens will Still have Their Teer Betting
Meghalaya residents will still be permitted to participate in teer betting over arrow-shooting results. Teer is a traditional method of gambling, somewhat similar to a lottery draw, and held under the rules of the Meghalaya Regulation of the Game of Arrow Shooting and the Sale of Teer Tickets Act, 2018.
Teer includes bettors wagering on the number of arrows that reach the target which is placed about 50 meters away from a team of 20 archers positioned in a semicircle.
The archers shoot volleys of arrows at the target for ten minutes, and players place their bets choosing a number between 0 and 99 trying to guess the last two digits of the number of arrows that successfully pierce the target.
If, for example, the number of hits is 256, anyone who has bet on 56 wins an amount eight times bigger than their wager.
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