Controversy : Playboy club in Goa

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Goa considering Playboy's proposal to set up club: Minister

Panaji: Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar told the state legislative assembly today that the government is considering Playboy's proposal to set up a club at Candolim beach, responding to a question by BJP legislator Michael Lobo on the floor of the House.

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/goa-considering-playboy-s-proposal-to-set-up-club-minister-348910 Goa Playboy club plan prompts hunger strike threat until death

"I will resort to hunger strike until death if the Playboy club is allowed in Goa," Mr Lobo said on Monday. "Playboy will project Goa as an international destination for prostitution."

http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/south-asia/goa-playboy-club-plan-prompts-hunger-strike-threat-until-death Women's group opposes Playboy club in Goa

Sabina Martins, convenor of women's rights group Bailancho Saad, said that Playboy was known the world over for "denigrating women and promoting voyeurism" but Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar was not committed to refusing permission for the club to operate in Goa. "Bailancho Saad strongly condemns the setting up of the Playboy club as it reduces women to a sex object and perpetuates exploitation of women. State cannot legalise exploitation of women by giving permission," said Martins in a statement.

http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/04/10/282--Women-s-group-opposes-Playboy-club-in-Goa-.html

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Dumba$s politicos. If a tourism based economy focusing on beaches and booze is ur strategy for the economy then why blame playboy. These ar*ewipes have no long terms plans, they know squat about promoting tourism and providing infrastructure (apart from realestate scams)cannot even protect/conserve our beaches, but they wanna cast aspersions on a club. And retarded Goans will fall for this.

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Another case of "Tyranny of the Majority"

[DomainK]

I see nothing in anywhere showing that the club will do anything illegal. This is an attention seeking stunt.

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And the winner is ... red herring! Goa says no to India's first Playboy club https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jedpZiPTpArdTCbbQd9J8s1RxoMg?docId=CNG.be9760fa9833114470f710c2bc1277d1.1f1

PANAJI, India — The holiday state of Goa has decided to reject a proposal for India's first Playboy club on one of its beaches following complaints that it would promote prostitution, local officials said on Monday. A local lawmaker threatened to go on hunger strike last week if the nightclub was allowed to open on Candolim Beach, but it was ultimately rejected on a technicality. Chief Minister of Goa, Manohar Parrikar, told a state assembly session in state capital Panaji that Playboy's application had failed because it did not meet requirements to set up a beach shack. "The shack policy of the state makes it mandatory that the application for any shack should be applied for by a local individual in his name and we can't grant shack permission for a brand," Parrikar said. PB Lifestyle, the Indian franchisee of the Playboy brand, announced plans in November to open 120 clubs, hotels, fashion cafes and shops in India over the next 10 years. Goa's tourism minister Dilip Parulekar said the planned venue in Goa had sparked much discussion. "There have been concerns raised about vulgarity being promoted through the club. We are aware of how prostitution is rampant in the state's coastal belt," he said. PB Lifestyle, which had insisted there would be no nudity at the venue, was not immediately available for comment on the rejection. In a bid to appease the country's conservative values, Playboy in December unveiled a new-look costume for the "bunny girl" waitresses in its Indian outlets. The traditional skimpy corset has been replaced with a sari-inspired two-piece costume, comprising a one-shoulder top, a bare midriff and a sheer, full-length skirt with a split. The ears, bow-ties and fluffy tails remain. Playboy magazine remains banned in India, along with a host of other foreign "adult" publications, owing to obscenity laws banning material deemed "lascivious or appealing to prurient interests".