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Kejriwal tried to poach 6 Cong MLAs to form govt, says ex- partyman

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New Delhi: Igniting the internal rift within the Aam Aadmi Party, former party MLA Rajesh Garg has now revealed a sting operation blaming Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of trying to poach six Congress MLAs last year in July to get them support for the second time government in Delhi.
Garg also charged Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia of being in touch with the Congress MLAs to tempt them to support AAP from outside, however not succeeded in making a deal.
In a telephonic conversation, Kejriwal said, “We are ready to form the government, but Congress is not ready to support us. Manish (Sisodia) is in touch with the Congress. Do one thing, split the Congress and ask their six MLAs to float a new party and support us.”
He added, “Congress won’t support us. We have been trying for the last one and a half month. These six Congress MLAs would have supported the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), but three of them are Muslims. They won’t support the BJP. Those six MLAs should support us.”
Garg said, “I had recorded the conversation. I have been in the anti- corruption movement and I keep on recording conversations. I was strictly against poaching MLAs and I stopped going to the party office after the episode.”
“I was in favour of taking Congress’ support once again, but not in support of horse-trading. I was hurt when these people said break the six (Congress) MLAs. Then I thought how will these people change politics,” Garg said.
He further said that Sisodia and another senior party leader Sanjay Singh had called him several times to have a conversation with Congress.
On February 26, Prashant Bhushan wrote the similar point mentioning the NE had taken a decision not to seek Congress support; attempts were being made to seek their support as late as November.
“The lack of recording decisions of the NE/PAC has led to situations where decision taken by the NE about not seeking Congress support for forming the government in Delhi after we resigned last year were repeatedly flouted.”
“Not only a letter was sent to the LG asking him to postpone the dissolution of assembly in June but as late as November, attempts were being surreptitiously made to seek Congress support to form the government again in Delhi without having to contest elections,” Bhushan had said.
“We are ready (to take Congress’ support) but they are not ready to listen. Manish (Sisodia) and others are in touch,” Kejriwal said in the audio clip.
On the other side, Garg is also allegedly heard by telling Kejriwal that all eight MLAs were ready to support the AAP, however Congress’ chief ministerial candidate Ajay Maken and Randeep Surjewala were not ready to do so.
“These people are not able to take a final decision because they (Maken and Surjewala) are meddling in it. They have been saying this several times,” Kejriwal said.
Garg is also heard saying the party should appeal in mohalla sabhas, that it was ready to take support of (the Congress) if it wanted to extend it.
“Don’t say that…I am trying to say that let’s say that we are not taking anyone’s support. If they (the Congress) are ready, then we are ready. If we say (that we are ready to take Congress support) then we will sound desperate,” Kejriwal said.

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Meghalaya Reserves Legalized Gambling and Sports Betting for Tourists

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June 25, 2022

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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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