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Sunday, Jul 04, 2004

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Janata Dal (S) seeks ban on gambling

By Our Special Correspondent

BANGALORE, JULY 3. Members of the Bangalore city unit of the Janata Dal (Secular) today took out a procession to the State Secretariat demanding that all forms of gambling, including online and paper lottery, and live band music be banned.

They appealed to the Government to revive sick industrial units in the State to generate employment.

Hundreds of members led by the unit President, D.S. Srikantamurthy, participated in the procession.

The police stopped them near the Maharani's College and permitted their representatives to meet the Deputy Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah, and the Minister for Industries, P.G.R. Sindhia.

Mr. Siddaramaiah promised the leaders of the unit that the Government was serious on curbing all forms of gambling and would spell out the steps taken in this regard in the Budget.

Mr. Sindhia told them that steps would be taken to revive the sick industrial units in the State.

Mr. Srikantamurthy said being part of the coalition Government, the Janata Dal (Secular) could not ignore the promises made to the people in its election manifesto.

Mr. Srikantamurthy said that there were differences between the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Congress on various issues. There was nothing wrong in that, he added.

The procession by the Janata Dal (Secular) is likely to embarrass the Congress, which is its partner in the coalition Government.

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