Panaji: Rave parties should be completely banned in Goa and scantily-clad women should be dropped from government advertisements promoting tourism outside the state, Goa's only woman legislator has said.
Speaking during a discussion in the Assembly on Thursday, Congress legislator Victoria Fernandes claimed that rave parties rampantly encouraged the use of drugs among tourists and local youngsters.
"Rave parties create a fearful atmosphere. Such night parties should be completely banned. They are having an evil impact on society," she said.
Drug-laced rave parties are a common occurrence on several beaches along the state's 105-km coastline, especially along beaches like Anjuna, Morjim, Arambol and Agonda.
The legislator from St Cruz legislative constituency, on the outskirts of Panaji, also criticised the Goa government's tourism-related advertisements, which, she said, depicted women in bad light.
"The Goa government's ads should not have scantily-clad women to attract tourists to the state. It is a dirty, insensitive trend which has to be stopped," Fernandes said.
Speaking during a discussion in the Assembly on Thursday, Congress legislator Victoria Fernandes claimed that rave parties rampantly encouraged the use of drugs among tourists and local youngsters.
"Rave parties create a fearful atmosphere. Such night parties should be completely banned. They are having an evil impact on society," she said.
The legislator from St Cruz legislative constituency, on the outskirts of Panaji, also criticised the Goa government's tourism-related advertisements, which, she said, depicted women in bad light.
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