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Governor returning online gambling ban bill was wrong: Tamil actor Sarathkumar
R Sarathkumar, actor and president of the All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi, has commented on Governor RN Ravi returning the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling & Regulation of Online Games Bill, 2022, saying it was a wrong move. On the matter of him appearing in online
rummy advertisements he said that he is not the only one starring in them and it is not illegal to do so. He went on to say that the state government should take appropriate measures and put an end to gambling. Sarathkumar has been heavily criticized by the
public for appearing in online rummy advertisements previously. The actor, who is usually known for promoting a healthy lifestyle, received backlash after his online rummy
advertisements came out while the calls for ban on such games were growing in the state. During a hunger strike in December last year,
regarding a certain online rummy advertisement, Sarathkumar had clarifi ed that it was recorded long before online rummy was banned in the state. He added that it was not his fault that the company released the advertisement after two years from shooting it.
TN governor returns online rummy ban law to assembly for reconsideration
After almost 5 months since the Tamil Nadu assembly approved a bill to ban online gambling, including poker & rummy, Governor RN Ravi has returned the bill to the state government for reconsideration. Article 200 of Indian constitution empowers the Governor to return the bill to assembly once for reconsideration. If the bill is passed again by the assembly, the
governor is bound to assent the same. The assent of a governor is essential for a bill to
become a law. For Tamil Nadu this is a second attempt to implement a blanket ban on online gaming for stakes. An earlier law was quashed by Madras High Court as unconstitutional. Earlier, the Tamil Nadu governor has posed queries on the constitutional validity of this fresh law.
It is also not clear if the governor had
recommended any changes to the bill while returning it to the assembly for reconsideration. The central government has recently announced that a national level law could be enacted if states arrive at consensus. The issue of online gaming is also a political
hot topic with ruling and non-ruling parties trying to use it for vote bank politics. Political parties including BJP were demanding a online rummy ban law in the state ever since the Madras High Court struck down the earlier law enacted by AIADMK. The Tamil Nadu government has received nearly 10,000 mails from public on the call to provide views in June-July 2022 favouring a blanket gaming ban law.
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www.g2g.news “I did not act in online rummy advertisement
after Tamil Nadu government enacted Ordinance. The commercial that was aired two years ago is now being aired,” he had said. The actor had further said while defending
himself, “Are they playing rummy only because Sarathkumar told them to? If so, I ask you to vote. But people don’t vote.” He had also claimed earlier what he has
claimed recently that he was not the only one promoting the online rummy apps and appearing in the commercials was not illegal. “I am not alone in the online rummy
promotion. Shah Rukh Khan and Dhoni are all acting. Playing Rummy is an intellectual game. Knowledge is required to play rummy,” the actor had said.
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