Won't allow dance bars in Goa: Manohar Parrikar (ToI)

Won't allow dance bars in Goa: Manohar Parrikar TNN | Aug 1, 2013, 01.27 AM IST PANAJI: Chief minister ManoharParrikar categorically stated that his government would deny excise licences to anyone applying for setting up dance bars in the state. Replying to queries from mediapersons on Wednesday over whether Goa would follow suit after Maharashtra, he said, "We will not allow dance bars in Goa." Mediapersons drew his attention to the Supreme Court ruling removing the ban on dance bars. The apex court recently upheld the Bombay court;s verdict to scrap the Maharashtra government's decision to rid Mumbai's night life of dance bars. The Goa government has so far not permitted dance bars in the state, though some locals have alleged their existence in some hidden alleys of the coastal belt. Last season, Calangute MLA Michael Lobo had raised the issue on the floor of the house and a couple of dance bars were shut down. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Wont-allow-dance-bars-in-Goa-Manohar-Parrikar/articleshow/21518061.cms