Amid Mahadev Book link-up, Bhupesh Baghel writes to PM seeking ban on betting apps
India TodayA day before the counting of votes in Chhattisgarh, state Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to ban the apps, web platforms, APKs, Telegram channels, Instagram accounts and URLs that are linked to the "illegal business of online betting". Informing about his letter, CM Baghel, in a post on micro-blogging site X, said, "By writing a letter to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji, I demanded a complete ban on the platforms, web, APK, Telegram, Instagram, URL related to the illegal business of online betting." "In the past, illegal gambling and betting business has expanded nationwide through online betting and gaming and its operators and owners have been running the said illegal business from abroad," he added in his post. In his letter, CM Bhaghel also mentioned the actions taken by the state police in cases linked with online betting apps.