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Akhilesh Yadav claims Congress more keen on forming UP govt in 2022

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Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said the Congress game plan was not to stop the BJP from forming the government at the Centre, but to come to power in Uttar Pradesh in 2022.

He also that the SP and BSP RPT BSP have sacrificed seats in national interest.

“Our intention is clear right from the word go. We formed alliance (with BSP and RLD) to stop the communal party and in the process, we in the SP and also the BSP had to sacrifice seats in national interest,” he told in an interview to media persons.

But, the Congress’ agenda in the ongoing parliamentary polls is not to stop the BJP from forming the next government at the Centre. They are working for making the next UP chief minister in 2022 (when the next assembly polls are due) Akhilesh said.

His no holds barred attack came days after he lashed out at the Congress for its “too big ego”.

The SP chief’s remarks assume significance against the backdrop of Congress President Rahul Gandhi himself asserting that his party will form the government at the Centre and that “after the Lok Sabha polls, the next target was (UP) assembly elections (in 2022) to ensure that the state is at the top in education, health and employment as before.” Maintaining that his alliance with the BSP and the RLD is “strong”, Akhilesh said, Both the parties have sacrificed for the sake of the country. We have given up half of our seats only to ensure the communal BJP did not return to power again. When asked about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s prediction that the SP-BSP alliance will crack the moment election results are out on May 23, Akhilesh said, What has the BJP got to do with it? Why are they bothered? In UP we are strong and the BJP is nowhere. And this is the ground reality. They are trailing far behind the alliance. Asked to comment on Modi terming the alliance as “maha milawat”, Akhilesh retorted, saying, “What should we call their (BJP) alliance with 38 parties? We are contesting on core issues and people have seen a hope in our alliance.” Trashing Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya’s statement that complaints about EVM malfunctioning across the state by the SP shows that it has sensed defeat after the third phase of polls, Akhilesh said, He could not become CM. He is still under training. He did not get helicopter for campaigning for three days. He is nobody in the party.

 

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“There are large scale discrepancies in EVM machines in Rampur, Badaun and Mainpuri too. Hundreds of EVMs malfunctioned. Is this not serious?, the former UP CM shot back.

About BJP’s campaign targeting corruption during previous SP and BSP regimes, Akhilesh said, They (BJP) did not have any development issues to raise. Why are they not taking action if there is any anomaly in previous regime works? Who is stopping them.

On the performance of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Akhilesh said, he is a failure. In past two years, can he tell what investment has come to the state. Despite tall claims not a single penny of investment was done here.

Asked about justification of his statement that people of state will send the CM to ‘mutt’ after polls, Akhilesh said, Just go through his speeches in the current polls.

He talks of green virus, Raul Vinci, ‘Mamaji’, coalgate, Ali and Bajrangbali in his speeches but never says what he has done and what is his vision for UP’s development.” About SP’s role post-May 23 at the Centre, Akhilesh said, I am not in the race of becoming PM. But the alliance is going to give new government and new PM. Appropriate decision is taken at opportune time. Presently we are focusing on the campaign and are sure of winning maximum number of seats in the state.

 

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Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of 80 Lok Sabha seats. The BJP and its ally, the Apna Dal, bagged 73 seats in 2014 polls.

When asked as to who will be the PM, if his alliance get adequate seats, Akhilesh said, unlike the BJP, which has only one face, we have a number of leaders.

No one should worry about this. On Modi, he charged, He is fooling everyone. He should tell has corruption stopped, black-money stashed abroad returned, how much investment came, why jobs are vanishing. They (BJP) will never talk on this.

They are masters in diverting attention of people from core issues. At his recent rally in Kanpur rally, the SP chief had sharpened his attack against the Congress, which has been kept out by the SP and the Bahujan Samaj Party from their alliance in Uttar Pradesh for Lok Sabha elections.

“Like the BJP, the Congress too believes in threatening political opponents,” he had said.

 

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“We had an alliance with the Congress, but found that their ego is too big,” he had said.

The SP had an understanding with the Congress during the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. In the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, the alliance of the SP, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Rashtriya Lok Dal has shunned it.

However, the alliance decided not to field any candidate from Rae Bareli and Amethi, the bastions held by Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.

“I want to alert you about the Congress also. It is a party which ditches (allies),” the former UP chief minister claimed at his public rallies.

Like the BJP, the Congress believes in threatening its political rivals. We don’t do politics of threats,” he has said.

 

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Meghalaya Reserves Legalized Gambling and Sports Betting for Tourists

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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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