The more things seemingly change within our country, the more they remain the same and change if any is more often than two steps forwards and four steps backwards.......
The ruling Congress dispensation trounced the opposition BJP by a resounding margin in the recent assembly elections and one of the promises or then should I say election related commitments made by the present day ruling party within the state of Karnataka pertained to making the already vibrant night life in the city that much more hip hop and happening........
For reasons best known to it, the ruling dispensation suddenly seems to have developed cold feet and gone back on it's avowed declaration about making the night life in the IT city more vibrant and happening, if anything, it has only proved to be more conservative than the previous BJP regime in this regard, leaving many a Bangalorean wondering whether the Congress is ever going to honour the promises made in this regard if at all......
In one of it's first actions after assuming the reigns of power, the Congress government abruptly cancelled the operating licences of all the 44 discotheques operating in the city and is even contemplating the extremely unpalatable measure of neither renewing the operating licences of the discotheques already in existence within the city or issuing any fresh licences whatsoever to budding entrepreneurs who have willingly come forward to establish new discotheques within the city.......
Taking the government's assurances and promises at face value, most if not all restaurants, hotels and resorts within the garden city had put forward requisitions asking for permission to extend the "night hours" in the same to 1 am from the existing 11 pm at present.......
The ruling dispensation of the day showed a strange proclivity to not only not listen to them and turn a deaf ear to their entreaties but also publicly declare that all the joints or establishments with "live bands" (dance bars) shut down by the previous government would remain shut for good........
In support of it's rather conservative and age old stance, the government put out justifications in all the leading English and Kannada dailies of the city stating the fact that these establishments were set down because they were not only found to be in contravention of the existing rules in this regard but also carrying out certain unspecified "illegal" activities within it's precincts leaving the government with no other course of action other than summarily shutting them down.......
The very same declaration or proclamation also went on to state the fact that the government of the day might actively contemplate renewing the operating licences of the of the afore mentioned establishments once they had "streamlined" the existing systems and rules in this regard......
As the debate rages on between the conservatives and the liberal Bangaloreans on the one hand and the hapless restauranters as well as owners of discotheques and the government on the other hand, the hundreds if not thousands of tourists who throng the city throughout the year and young IT professionals who normally unwind after 9 pm are scratching their head in consternation and wondering when if ever they will be able to get their daily "fix" of grooving and jiving in the near or then foreseeable future...........
The ruling Congress dispensation trounced the opposition BJP by a resounding margin in the recent assembly elections and one of the promises or then should I say election related commitments made by the present day ruling party within the state of Karnataka pertained to making the already vibrant night life in the city that much more hip hop and happening........
For reasons best known to it, the ruling dispensation suddenly seems to have developed cold feet and gone back on it's avowed declaration about making the night life in the IT city more vibrant and happening, if anything, it has only proved to be more conservative than the previous BJP regime in this regard, leaving many a Bangalorean wondering whether the Congress is ever going to honour the promises made in this regard if at all......
In one of it's first actions after assuming the reigns of power, the Congress government abruptly cancelled the operating licences of all the 44 discotheques operating in the city and is even contemplating the extremely unpalatable measure of neither renewing the operating licences of the discotheques already in existence within the city or issuing any fresh licences whatsoever to budding entrepreneurs who have willingly come forward to establish new discotheques within the city.......
Taking the government's assurances and promises at face value, most if not all restaurants, hotels and resorts within the garden city had put forward requisitions asking for permission to extend the "night hours" in the same to 1 am from the existing 11 pm at present.......
The ruling dispensation of the day showed a strange proclivity to not only not listen to them and turn a deaf ear to their entreaties but also publicly declare that all the joints or establishments with "live bands" (dance bars) shut down by the previous government would remain shut for good........
In support of it's rather conservative and age old stance, the government put out justifications in all the leading English and Kannada dailies of the city stating the fact that these establishments were set down because they were not only found to be in contravention of the existing rules in this regard but also carrying out certain unspecified "illegal" activities within it's precincts leaving the government with no other course of action other than summarily shutting them down.......
The very same declaration or proclamation also went on to state the fact that the government of the day might actively contemplate renewing the operating licences of the of the afore mentioned establishments once they had "streamlined" the existing systems and rules in this regard......
As the debate rages on between the conservatives and the liberal Bangaloreans on the one hand and the hapless restauranters as well as owners of discotheques and the government on the other hand, the hundreds if not thousands of tourists who throng the city throughout the year and young IT professionals who normally unwind after 9 pm are scratching their head in consternation and wondering when if ever they will be able to get their daily "fix" of grooving and jiving in the near or then foreseeable future...........
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