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Goa says no to India's first Playboy nightclub

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, officials said yesterday.

A lawmaker threatened to go on hunger strike 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 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.

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," Goa's Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar said.





 

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